08 Nov

Menopause and the Workplace

Research has shown that menopausal symptoms can have a significant impact on workplace attendance and performance. Menopausal symptoms can also lead to some women leaving...

27 Oct

Ladies, This Is Getting Serious

Currently, in the UK, menopause does not appear on the curriculum for GP training. However, at least 3 months is given over to obstetrics and...

17 Oct

World Menopause Day

Today is World Menopause Day. Millions of women around the globe will be POSITIVELY celebrating their menopause because the menopause doesn’t have to be a...

13 Sep

Day Twenty-Eight

It’s day twenty-eight of my latest cycle and no sign of a bleed. I think I can safely say that my clockwork twenty-eight day cycle...

13 Sep

Day Twenty-One

It's day twenty-one and time for the next instalment of my perimenopausal cycle.⠀ On day fifteen my bleeding finally stopped and I de-bloated. I instantly lost...

13 Sep

Day Fourteen

It's day fourteen and I'm still bleeding, it’s light, but it still counts. That’s a fourteen-day period, and still going.⠀ Days seven, eight and nine were...

13 Sep

Day Seven

So, I’m not quite sure what is going on.   Last week, after sixty-seven days I started to bleed. My mood lifted instantly and after two...

10 Sep

MENOVIST

I am a Menovist.⠀It has become apparent to me that women’s health is greatly under-researched and understood. As women, we are being let down, especially...

19 Aug

The Three Most Common Symptoms Of The Perimenopause are EMOTIONAL

Anxiety, brain fog and low mood are the three most common EMOTIONAL symptoms of the perimenopause. ⠀They are less obvious than the more common and...

18 Aug

Sixty Seven Days

This week I started to bleed, it had been 67 days since my last period. I’d hoped I was well on my way to a...