As our estrogen levels dwindle away, some of us have heeded the advice of our physicians, concurred with the current literature, and determined that hormone replacement therapy is not an option.

I am one of those women.

So, for the past few years, or so, I have watched in both horror and fascination as my body continues to change. Having a vague recollection of my own puberty, I can recall the exuberance of the new additions…but, what had been given, it seems, is now rapidly being taken away.

Not an exhaustive list, but one that includes, loss of memory, a shrinking frame and thinning pubic hair. This following passage, excerpted from Medscape reported "narrowing vaginal introitis, petechiae of vaginal tissues, and loss of ruga."

I have absolutely no idea exactly what any of that really means.

I can assure you, however, that if I knew I had a ruga, I wouldn't have wanted to lose it.

But, then again, if my memory is slipping, perhaps I did know I had a ruga and only thought I misplaced it.