Pick Me Up!

THE SISTERHOOD

Fanning my face with a scrap of paper, I was burning up.

This can’t be normal… I thought, sweating.

It wasn’t a hot summer’s day though – I was going through the menopause.

And the symptoms were truly brutal – from hot flushes and night sweats that left my sheets drenched, to brain fog, angry mood swings and stress incontinence, too.

And at only 42, it was a lot to deal with.

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