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Menopause Discussion => All things menopause => Topic started by: Turkish delight on August 17, 2019, 11:59:08 AM

Title: Article I enjoyed and wanted to share with you.
Post by: Turkish delight on August 17, 2019, 11:59:08 AM: Hi girls,

My OH showed me this article written by Grace Dent. It makes for some light funny reading, as the exert below shows, and rings a lot of bells.

"The more a woman reads on the subject, the less she understands; the far from exhaustive list of potential menopause symptoms reads like a â€œreason for incarcerationâ€ list from a late Elizabethan asylum. Belly swell? Retinal migraine? Moist knee backs? Constipation? Ear buzz? Eye flicker? Groinal itch? Righteous anger? Sexual loucheness? Roaring atrophy? Beard-growth? Too sleepy? Never sleepy? None of the above, some of the above. See your GP for advice, in two weeks' time, for seven minutes. He or she has had 45 minutes of fanjo training, five years ago. Or maybe don't bother. It will be over at some point in the next 20 years. Chin up!"

To read more see link under here

https://www.theguardian.com/society/commentisfree/2019/aug/17/angry-sore-bloated-menopause-grace-dent

TD
Title: Re: Article I enjoyed and wanted to share with you.
Post by: dixie63 on August 17, 2019, 12:37:20 PM: Thanks! Really enjoyed the article.
Title: Re: Article I enjoyed and wanted to share with you.
Post by: Wrensong on August 17, 2019, 12:58:51 PM: Great article TD! Thanks for posting. ;D
Title: Re: Article I enjoyed and wanted to share with you.
Post by: jaypo on August 17, 2019, 03:07:08 PM: Very good TD 😊
Title: Re: Article I enjoyed and wanted to share with you.
Post by: Maryjane on August 17, 2019, 04:30:46 PM: I did a podcast the other week with Meg Mathews about shrivelled up Fanjos & the serious side & misery of vaginal atrophy, is a good podcast.
Title: Re: Article I enjoyed and wanted to share with you.
Post by: Foxylady on August 17, 2019, 05:07:09 PM: Got your book yest MaryJane, my OH had read it by the time I got home, he is now very well informed!! Thanks x
Title: Re: Article I enjoyed and wanted to share with you.
Post by: CLKD on August 17, 2019, 05:13:51 PM: I like the 'righteous anger' - suits me to a T :D
Title: Re: Article I enjoyed and wanted to share with you.
Post by: Turkish delight on August 17, 2019, 07:50:03 PM: Nice one MJ,

Can you link it for us in this thread? I'm not on FBK through choice so haven't heard it.

TD
Title: Re: Article I enjoyed and wanted to share with you.
Post by: Maryjane on August 17, 2019, 07:55:35 PM: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/megs-menopause-podcast/id1466800770?i=1000446594151
Title: Re: Article I enjoyed and wanted to share with you.
Post by: Turkish delight on August 17, 2019, 07:59:50 PM: Ou speed of light response, thanks MJ, I'll have a listen.

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