
Tackling the menopause and the taboo associated with it
I’m sitting in a restaurant with Tim and some friends enjoying a lovely evening dinner. Except, every 15 minutes, I am either taking off my lightweight jacket to reveal a vest top or, putting the jacket back on again. These hot flushes strike without warning as a sudden feeling of intense heat that comes from nowhere and spread throughout the body. You worry that everyone can see you suddenly turning beetroot and have sweat appearing on your upper lip, but apparently, that is