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HELLO FROM THIS SIDE! I am finally here, at postmenopause.
I have arrived. feministgiant.com/p/postmenopaus…
I have arrived. feministgiant.com/p/postmenopaus…
Humans and killer whales (and the short finned pilot whale) are the only species who go through menopause.
And we really don’t know why. Yes, really. feministgiant.com/p/postmenopaus…
And we really don’t know why. Yes, really. feministgiant.com/p/postmenopaus…
Scientists might not know why we live so long after we cease to reproduce but I do: to be Mona.
Not mother, not grandmother. Just Mona. This is my time.
I am here to be known. #Postmenopause
Not mother, not grandmother. Just Mona. This is my time.
I am here to be known. #Postmenopause
Fucking finally!
I have been eager to get here, to #Postmenopause finally!
The past five years of #Perimenopause were some of the most difficult of my life.
When they say the #Menopause transition is like puberty in reverse, it is no lie.
The past five years of #Perimenopause were some of the most difficult of my life.
When they say the #Menopause transition is like puberty in reverse, it is no lie.
I remember how overwhelmed by it all 11.5yo me was when I first got my period--the physical changes, yes, and also just as hard the emotional and mental changes.
When I was 13 and then when I was 16, I had my first experiences of depression. They were difficult years.
When I was 13 and then when I was 16, I had my first experiences of depression. They were difficult years.
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My #autistic #menopause with and without hormone treatment.
It’s 12 days since my GP told me I had to stop using hormone treatment patches for the next four weeks.
I was horrified.
It’s difficult to describe just how bad things were before I started using HRT patches.
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My #autistic #menopause with and without hormone treatment.
It’s 12 days since my GP told me I had to stop using hormone treatment patches for the next four weeks.
I was horrified.
It’s difficult to describe just how bad things were before I started using HRT patches.
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I tried bargaining for a different approach, or a notice period to prepare myself, but it was futile.
My GP emphasised that it was “only for four weeks”.
I reminded her how bad things had been before I started using the patches.
It was non-negotiable so we agreed to disagree.
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My GP emphasised that it was “only for four weeks”.
I reminded her how bad things had been before I started using the patches.
It was non-negotiable so we agreed to disagree.
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The fact that I’d started using #HRT was entirely due to serendipity.
Last year I had lots of bothersome physical and cognitive symptoms I hadn’t even associated with #menopause.
I assumed that being post-menopausal, I’d have to accept this as my new normal.
How wrong I was!
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Last year I had lots of bothersome physical and cognitive symptoms I hadn’t even associated with #menopause.
I assumed that being post-menopausal, I’d have to accept this as my new normal.
How wrong I was!
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