Hello, another new member here and the first forum I have ever posted on- it may not work therefore !
So pleased to have found you all, menopause really isn't a subject that most friends or colleagues are comfortable discussing, nor do I particularly want to do so with them, as it then becomes your defining characteristic in their eyes and risks being the first thing anyone mentions to you.
I'm amazed that this really is still a taboo- like subject. I am generally very open, feminist, right-on and ' modern' ( my little joke word) but I am genuinely reluctant to discuss this 'offline', as so much ignorance and negative stereotyping still surrounds menopausal women.
Anyway, I'm here because I want to moan about hot flushes and a thumping headache with people who might actually be sympathetic !