Menopause Matters Forum
Menopause Discussion => All things menopause => Topic started by: Elizabethrose on February 18, 2017, 03:58:44 PM
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Just posting the Kirsty Wark menopause documentary for those who missed it. Hope it's of interest. x
http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b08fmspd/the-insiders-guide-to-the-menopause
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I thought it was really good ER, covered a lot of different topics. Would've liked them to mention the changes to periods which a lot of women experience, as I think that is the thing which freaked me out most when this all began. In fact, maybe we need an Insiders' Guide to Periods because they still aren't talked about much.
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I read her article in The Telegraph during the week.
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I read her article in The Telegraph during the week.
Thanks, CLKD. Here's the article, ladies:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/women/health/kirsty-wark-menopause-liberation/
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:thankyou:
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Yep I read that too.
We need to make menopause conversations common place. Do you ladies remember when periods were taboo, when sanitary towels were wrapped in brown paper bags in pharmacies?
I was at a funeral this week talking with a mixed group and some how or another the subject of menopause came up. What struck me was the men within the conversation were talking in a relaxed unembarrassed way, whereas I noticed a couple of women cringing with embarrassment.
After the conversation ended and people drifted away, one of the women whispered that she couldn't talk publicly about such things, she looked as if she was in her late 50s, early 60s.
Let us all hope that our children will not feel inhibited in this way. My kids could write a book about it all, as could my husband!
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nearly50 you are so right. I think periods changing is what has been the most worried about symptom I have experienced and I know it is true for many of us.
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thanks- my mum mentioned this to me, along with her having had ovarian cancer and still being alive! Think it was meant as a pep talk as I am feeling fed up of late.
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I still won't talk about periods with people I don't know ........ especially men. As teens we talked about it in 'code' ::)
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Thanks very good read I just wish I could take hrt....my energy has never been as good since I had to stop Why is nature cruel in that the very thing (estrogen) that we need to feel well can be for some - dangerous?!
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Just watched the documentary well done Kirsty Walk so full of information.
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I watched this last night. I knew how it had affected me & sympathised with the woman who counted 80+ flushes per day. I got to 45 in one day, then gave up counting. Hubby listened to some of it, one eye on tablet & the other on the tv. I decided I wouldn't deliberately make him watch it, but thought if it was on in the background some of it might sink in! ::)
We need to be more open about such things. I am very open with my daughter, always have been. My mum was quite guarded when she told me about such things in my teens, but at that time it was a long way off. My openness helped when I was sterilised, daughter was about 10, she told her teacher that mummy was going to have an operation to stop her having any more babies. Teacher told me about it & said it had made her smile. Said I'd pitched it just right, factual without being too OTT.
As for the documentary, there should be more like them. Well done Kirsty!
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I guess we don't talk about it because it's a sign of ageing and no one wants to be seen as ageing these days! Some people won't talk about it because they breezed through it and the ones who suffer don't want to say anything because at work you wouldn't want to be flagged as having a possible health situation.
So it's still taboo but for different reasons these days! Maybe the next gen as they love to share everything will be more open?
Having said that the Daily M seems to have an article on it everyday at the moment! Maybe they are doing their bit to bring it out into the open!
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Thanks for sharing link Elizabethrose - I downloaded in to my Sky box and have just spent a very interesting hour watching it. Would have loved to see/hear more about the psychological affects such as anxiety etc. and how people dealt with that.
Great programme though.
:)
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Thanks for posting this Elizabeth Rose, like the thread if the programme, awareness needs to be more commonplace to avoid embarrassment and feeling different x
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Apparently Kirsty has now managed to restart HRT, albeit on a low dose. My GP is all for me continuing on a low dose so long as no other health issues makes it necessary to stop.
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I have a friend who is 66 and she is managing to keep the dreaded flushes etc at bay by taking HRT every 3rd day.
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I have just watched it and it was really good :)
It did not tackle periods. It was more about dealing with oestrogen loss. I am sure that perimenopausal periods and perimenopause would make an entire programme in themselves. There is so much to deal with, and we are never quite sure what we are putting up with is normal or can be helped. I thought periods would just go away (along with many other woman) and did not realise that it could be such a problem.
In fact, I thought that since I had taken the pill up to 49, I would have bypassed the whole thing altogether ::) ::) ::) and would just be me, without periods.
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Also, I noticed that there was a lot of cake involved........ :cupcake:
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Hello ladies.
I haven't watched Kristy's programme yet but I did see Mariella Frostrup on television yesterday and it reminded me of something. You may remember that a while ago she made a fuss in the papers because her medical insurance refused to cover the cost of her HRT arguing that the meno was not an illness requiring treatment. At the time she also said that the symptom that she found the most difficult to deal with was " the despondency". Judging by her chipper demeanor last night the dark days are now behind her lol!
Take care ladies.
K.
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I caught up with this last night. A bit wishy washy in places :-\ - someone was supposed to be giving advice but was obviously uncomfortable talking about vaginas etc.! Not much advised when women didn't want or could not use HRT.