Hormones and Spitting

Picture of the Day for 6/25/2015. I visited a hormone specialist a couple of days ago. Here are the reasons why. NOTE: I'm totally wandering into TMI territory now. Read at your own risk!!!

-I'm a woman of a certain age. A certain age that just happens to correspond with the national average for women going through menopause in this country.

-I'm not really sure if I'm going through menopause yet and I'd like to know the status of my hormones. 

-How does one not know if they are going through menopause you might ask. The lady part that would give me the most obvious sign was removed a few years ago. 

-BUT, not all my lady parts were removed and I was left with some functioning lady parts. I just don't know if those have shut down yet, hence, my visit to the doctor. 

-In order to test my hormone levels, I'm taking a saliva test which has required me to spit into this vial for the past half hour. I'm sooooo very sick of spitting. I'll mail this off today and then meet with my specialist in a couple of weeks for the results.