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Here come the girls! e

Helen King, 58, Scarborough

C radling my cuppa, I nodded as my colleague, Tina, chatted to me one breaktime.

‘I know exactly how you feel,’ I told her.

Hot flushes, night sweats, brain fog, mood swings.

The menopause had put us through the wringer.

‘We're not the only ones,’ she said. ‘I wish I could help other ladies get through this.’

‘Why don't we?’ I suggested. ‘We could set up a support group.’

Together we were fighting back - and having fun

In January 2022, we applied for a £1,000 council grant to get things

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