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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.