Ill be back at the top of the hour but now it is time for a special programme. Now its time for menopause and me too young to feel so old. In which women share their experience of menopause early. I thought menopause was something that happened to older women and ifelt like i skipped a whole chunk of my life. I start menopause tomorrow. Even saying it, im like, sorry, is this real . she laughs i didnt know how to react. L i didnt know what. To say. Many of us dont think about the menopause until were in our forties, but it could happen to you earlier. At least one in 100 women in the uk experience it at a much younger age. I dont think there is enough i conversation about menopause in the younger age groups at all. Im getting the word out there for every woman. Being able to control my appearance in any way, shape and form gives me strength because, like, i dont have control over my health and, most of the time, the lack of control is what causes a lot of mental distress. This is soe m
from president biden s home in the us state of delaware. at an emotional meeting in new zealand, jacinda ardern hands over the leadership of her party and country to chris hipkins. you re watching bbc news. now it s time for menopause and me: too young to feel so old. i always thought menopause happened to older people and i skipped a chunk of my life. i thought menopause was something that happened to older women and ifelt like i skipped a whole chunk of my life. i start menopause tomorrow. even saying it, i m like, sorry, is this real?! she laughs. i didn t know how to react. i didn t know what. to sex many of us don t think about the menopause until we re in our forties, but it could happen to you earlier. at least one in 100 women in the uk experience it at a much younger age. i don t think there is enough i conversation about menopause in the younger age groups at all. i m getting the word out there for every woman. being able to control my appearance in any way, s
i ll be back at the top of the hour but now it is time for a special programme. now its time for menopause and me: too young to feel so old. in which women share their experience of menopause early. i thought menopause was something that happened to older women and ifelt like i skipped a whole chunk of my life. i start menopause tomorrow. even saying it, i m like, sorry, is this real?! she laughs i didn t know how to react. l i didn t know what. to say. many of us don t think about the menopause until we re in our forties, but it could happen to you earlier. at least one in 100 women in the uk experience it at a much younger age. i don t think there is enough i conversation about menopause in the younger age groups at all. i m getting the word out there for every woman. being able to control my appearance in any way, shape and form gives me strength because, like, i don t have control over my health and, most of the time, the lack of control is what causes a lot of mental dis
the ovaries aren t functioning. for others, like soe myat, they experience menopause as a direct result of other medical treatment, like chemotherapy or surgery. you can also go into a medically induced temporary menopause. this is also known as a chemical or medical menopause, but we ll come to that in a bit. ijust went back to school and had my history class and i remember trying to subtly tell my friend in code in the middle of class, like, what had just happened. if it was something that changed my hair colour or, like, affected. 0r gave me a huge rash or something, people would be able to know and remember, 0h, she s the menopausal one , but that s not how it works. and when i had the hot flushes when i was in sixth form, i was so hot, i would have to take all myjumpers off, go outside and just stand on the fire escape, often in, like, deep winter, just wearing a t shirt. i would come back in and my friends that i was sat next to said that they could feel
i don t have control over my health and, most of the time, the lack of control is what causes a lot of mental distress. this is soe myat. she s currently going through treatment for bowel cancer and she had her last ever period in february 2022. i was going to get pelvic radiation. so my ovaries are in the radiation field. so when. yeah, so that would make my ovaries stop working, basically. i don t remember if the oncologist said the word menopause but i realised that if it was going to stop my fertility, that means that it would stop my ovaries from working, which would put me in menopause. yeah, that s how i discovered. so let s take a look at some definitions. the menopause is when women s periods stop, which usually happens around the age of 50. the run up to this is called the perimenopause. during this time, women notice their periods becoming unpredictable or heavy and may