The Thermometer Leg

If your wife sleeps with one leg out of the blanket, she's not being dramatic.

That's her thermometer leg, her only relief in a body that's fighting a battle

no one sees. Let me explain. Hot flashes aren't just feeling warm. They burn.

They strike the chest, the neck, the face again and again,

sometimes for years. And it's not random. It's what happens when estrogen, the hormone that

once kept her body temperature stable, drops sharply during menopause. The thermostat breaks.