4/17/2024 0 Comments Amy freeze nipplesWhat I didn’t realize, or read about, was how disruptive, intense and severe some of these symptoms can be. These are the symptoms most commonly discussed when you do a general search, or read about menopause in women’s magazines – which, incidentally, I suspect are a major source of information for a lot of women. Hot flushes, irregular periods, moodiness. Like every woman, I had a general idea of what to expect from being menopausal. There is some real suffering out there, and mostly in silence. And that’s why I agreed to write this, because No One Told Me. No one told me that I would still sometimes feel menopausal, post menopause. I still get night sweats for instance, and occasional flushes during the day. And it’s only within the last six months or so that some of the more common symptoms of menopause have begun to subside. My last period (unless there is just one more lurking in there to surprise me) was about eighteen months ago and that was two years after what I would call my ‘regular’ periods stopped. I think my lived experience of the ‘last taboo’ or the ‘Big M’ (thankfully one rarely hears it called ‘THE CHANGE’ anymore with all its doom-laden, metamorphic overtones) might be useful out there in the ether where women are searching for something that relates to their own experience. June Everything I needed to know about the menopause… No One Told Me I hope all of you find your way through, with or without medical help. And to see so many of you posting and talking to each other about your experiences and supporting each other is a joy. I am so glad I did – if knowing that you are not alone has helped just one other woman, just one little bit, then it is so worthwhile. I also spent quite a while making my mind up whether to share such a personal experience. When I wrote this in 2015, I had no idea it would still be being read and resonating with women 5 years later. To all you lovely women who have commented on this blog – THANK YOU. A message to readers from June Girvin, July 2020: This blog comes from Oxford academic June Girvin, who shares her experiences of the menopause, the taboo and the information gap.
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