Woman's Own

DON’T MESS WITH ME I’M MENOPAUSAL!

In my previous world – the one before menopause, where I still had oestrogen and slept at night and didn’t have to change my entire wardrobe to cope with the embarrassment of hot flushes every five minutes – it would have seemed totally inconceivable to lose the plot over a prawn sandwich.

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