Menopause can be a time of crisis in body, mind and soul. The body is changing, we are ageing and faced with our mortality. For many women, menopause can turn life upside down. It certainly did for me.
I was 48 when unexpectedly told I needed a hysterectomy. Shakily walking back to the car park after the appointment, I sat in the car and sobbed, trying to process the impending extraction of the main organs that determine a biological woman.
Post-surgery, overnight I was thrown into menopause. There was no time to process the biological changes, menopause hit me hard and fast.
Over the coming months my personality
