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Hi again, ladies I shall make a point of reading the GSM booklet. Despite currently being single, and without boobs (need to get back on that recon horse, girls!), I still remain hopeful, ref finding a suitable partner for a "Happily Ever After" ending!!  🤗 Don't know if any of you read The Mail, but here's a link to the article on HRT, by Mariella Frostrup, I mentioned. It's informative, educating, illuminating, BUT also VERY upsetting, in the degree that Menopause can and does affect certain women  ☹️ Frankly, frightening, and "shocking"!!! https://www.dailymail.co.uk/debate/article-10752561/The-shortage-menopause-drugs-isnt-niche-feminist-issue-argues-MARIELLA-FROSTRUP.html She also wrote an article in The Guardian about it:- https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2015/nov/13/hrt-nice-guidelines-shame-silence-menopause-mariella-frostrup Her fellow campaigner, Davina McCall, also wrote a number of articles in the "major" newspapers:- https://www.newsgroove.co.uk/hrt-crisis-proves-womens-health-isnt-taken-seriously-and-is-a-life-and-death-issue/ Interestingly, 3 wks ago, I put myself on Extra Virgin Oil - Desert spoonful (or a "swig" of!!) 2 X daily, morn + eve, along with Manuka Honey, also 2 X daily. I'm an "alternative" gal, so read Omega oils are "helpful" for mental probs. This is along side daily St Johns Wort. Havta say, I'm feeling a whole lot better, mentally. BUT... I've also noticed my natural "intimate" secretions have also come back to a degree too!!! Was NOT expecting such, so is an added extra bonus.  I'm putting it down to the Olive Oil. But hey, if nowt else, I'm hoping to have the gorgeous skin of an Italian or Spanish "Bella Senorita/Senora"!!!  😄   Try it for a while. Has to be Extra Virgin, though!!! 🤣  Am interested to see if it has the same effects for anyone else.  🤗 Lots of love to you, girls.  From Bella-Della   xX ❤️ Xx             ... View more

Hi LittleGorton My non medical thought is that menopause/lack of oestrogen etc is responsible for your “ring” (your words not mine!!). If you look around at 50+ ladies fat seems to distribute itself around that area, even on thinner ladies. I’m about the same age as you and I too have what sounds like a similar bulge.  As to what you do about it, there’s no right or wrong answer, it’s very personal. Personally I wouldn’t suggest a strict diet as it doesn’t sound as if you need to lose weight, but perhaps just cut down very slightly if it bothers you. You won’t get instant results but probably longer lasting. There is nothing wrong with vanity, that’s part of keeping body and mind healthy 😊 . I’ve just re-read that and I’m not sure I have helped at all! Happy to chat more with you to compare notes about how best to deal with bulges. Evie xx ... View more