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[pepperminty]

Hi Ladies,

 i have no idea what it is but wonder if it is worth a watch on the BBC, I have cut and paste the below.

The Menopause
The Truth About...

The menopause currently affects 13 million women in the UK. And yet it's shrouded in secrecy and wildly misunderstood.

In this frank and intimate film, broadcaster and journalist Mariella Frostrup shares her own personal experience of the menopause and brings this great taboo out into the open. Mariella investigates how the latest science can explain what it is, and what can be done about it. She meets the scientists who have uncovered the cause of hot flushes and developed a brand new drug to treat them, finds out if taking hormone replacement therapy is dangerous, discovers if men also have a menopause and witnesses a cutting-edge procedure that could actually reverse the menopause.

Whatever your age or your gender, the menopause will affect you or someone close to you. It's time we all understood it better.


 
Release date: 26 November 2018
58 minutes
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Those of you that are medically minded may be able to shed light on the cutting edge proceedure?

Pepperminty x

[JaneinPen]

Thanks pepperminty. I have set it to record just in case meno brain kicks in and I forget it is on!!

[Lanzalover]

Thanks for that.
Just got to rember to set it to record when we get home. (Fingers crossed)

Lanzalover x

[CLKD]

Men cannot have a menopause.

I will try to remember to watch.  Tnx

[jillydoll]

Thanx Pepperminty,
I will be watching. 

[pepperminty]

My pleasure lovely ladies,

I do hope that there is some good news on the horizon in regards to reversing symptoms. lets hope so.

Peppermintyxx

[Hurdity]

Men cannot have a menopause.

Exactly! They don't have menses so by definition cannot!!! I presume they mean an andropause - and a sudden cessation in function of their gonads - hmmm interesting this would be a new one I would have thought....

Here is the link to the info on the drug I imagine they are talking about:

https://www.nhs.uk/news/medication/non-hormonal-alternative-hrt-shows-promise-treating-hot-flushes/

This might be the cutting edge procedure they are referring to?

https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg23130833-100-menopause-reversal-restores-periods-and-produces-fertile-eggs/

I must say I was gobsmacked last night to see the trailer for a programme on menopause on BBC1 prime 9 pm slot!!!

Hurdity x

[pepperminty]

Hi Hurdity,

maybe it is the proceedure, but are they tailoring it towards menopause and not fertility as I don't want to have a baby, just get rid of the symptoms! Would be nice if a feasible ulternative to HRT was available in our lifetime.

Peppermintyx

[Night_Owl]

For those who can't get on with HRT or ADs, how great would it be to have another viable alternative -

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/03/14/menopause-drug-cuts-hot-flushes-just-three-days-research-finds/

[Night_Owl]

Pepperminty, thanks for flagging this up, will be watching.


https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0bt4c3m


If you scroll down, there are some clips on this page that can be viewed now.

[pepperminty]

Thanks Night-Owl,

about time that the menopause was taken seriously and given air time. We are all living longer and we need viable alternatives!

Peppermintyx

[Night_Owl]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p06rw6l0

Mariella is on a Conti regimen - EstroGel in the morning and 100mg Utrogestan every night - which must work fabulously well for those who are able to tolerate progesterone - but ghastly for others ... the whole subject of HRT is hugely complex and individual.

[CLKD]

Himself told me to look out 4 the programme

[JaneinPen]

Impressed CLKD

[CLKD]

   so was I.   He read the book 'me and my menopausal vagina' so is on board