After the physical exam, they were instructed to put on their pants and shoes keeping on their gowns and they would be taken to have a mammogram.  The whole process had taken about an hour. They then returned to their exam rooms to finish dressing. Once dressed they returned to Dr. Wilson’s office.

Dr Wilson smiled:  Well, I must say that you two are generally in excellent physical shape. Your weight is good for your height. Your muscle structure and tone are great. Your blood pressure, pulse rate and temperature are all normal. Now, we will not have the results from your PAP smear, your blood test and your mammogram for a couple of days. And we will let you know about those.

Tina:  Sounds great, what else can you tell us?

Dr Wilson:  Although the blood test will give us a definitive answer, I believe that both of you are entering menopause.

Tina:  Both of us?

Dr Wilson:  If you had reached 6 months without a period, you would definitely be in menopause. Bette has not had a period in 4 months and you haven’t had a period in two months. Bette is beginning to have the hot flashes. But the clearest signal is the one symptom which is rare but not unheard of is your sudden desire for sex.  As you said, it’s off the charts.

Bette:  So, what’s going on?

Dr Wilson: Your bodies are aware that your time to produce babies is coming to an end. So, in response, the body goes into a defensive posture and tries to stimulate you into producing a baby by increasing the amount of testosterone in your system.  This testosterone increases your drive to have sex thereby increasing the odds that you will produce a baby.  Your body does not recognize that your sex partner cannot give you sperm to have a baby. All it knows is that the more sex, the more likely you will end up pregnant. It’s rare to find. It’s even rarer to find a lesbian couple who come into this state together. However, I am sure that during your life together, you both were starting your periods within a day of each other, right?

Bette:  Well yeah.

Dr Wilson:  That is a phenomenon that people have recognized for decades. When a group of women, work closely with each other, within 6 months, they will all be on virtually the same menstrual cycle. So, with two lesbian lovers, it’s the same phenomenon. So, if your menstrual cycles are synchronized then why not your menopause cycle?