When I started to get terrible headaches at the age of 43, I had no idea they might be connected to the menopause.
The pain was constant and intense and since painkillers didn’t help, I started to get worried. I went to my GP who referred me for tests.
Because the headaches had come on so suddenly, I was sent for an MRI scan to see if images of the brain could identify the cause, then an emergency CT scan because the doctors feared I