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Radio 4,1 min

Jenny Eclair on the menopause: "we are all in the same old leaky boat"

Woman's Hour

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Tracy Emin described the menopause as “a nightmare, an absolute nightmare. It makes you feel slightly dead”. Other women see the menopause as a liberating time and the beginning of a new life. But whatever your view, many see it as a taboo subject and find it hard to share the changes they are going through with their friends family and health professionals. Jenny Éclair, who is going through the menopause now and Jane Woyka, a GP and specialist in women’s health.

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