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[greenECLECtus28]

New programme with Mariella Frostrup might be interesting

[Kathleen]

Hello  greenECLEctus.

 I'll certainly be watching.

Mariella hit the headlines a few years ago because when her menopause began she expected her private medical insurance to cover the cost of her HRT treatments but the company refused. They said that the menopause was a normal event in a women's life and therefore not covered under her policy. She complained bitterly and wrote a few articles about the injustice of it all.

Hopefully there will be some practical help and advice that we can all benefit from.

Take care.

K.

[dahliagirl]

Why do they put it on so late 

[racjen]

In this day and age that's hardly an issue - I'm not sure how may people actually watch stuff live anymore, don't you use iPlayer?

[Dancing Queen]

Why was Mariella wanting private medical to pay for her hrt..you can get it on the nhs anyway!

[CLKD]

We do have another thread ............. maybe Emma could amalgamate?

[Flaky47]

There must be regional variations on the timing... I'm in the East Mids and the programme is being heavily advertised as 9 pm on Monday (26th) on BBC One 

[JaneinPen]

We are in the North West and it is definitely on BBC at 9pm

[CLKD]

I wonder how much detail the programme will cover.  Will there be discussion after?

[Katejo]

I have just set it to record for me on Monday. Will be too late back to see it. I hope it will be useful

[Hurdity]

However - depending on what is said on the programme - the fact that it is aired on BBC1 prime time means that doctors cannot cite ignorance so easily as there has been so much media publicity about menopause - including a BBC programme a year or so ago with Kirsty Wark. There is much ammunition that can be used now to argue for what one wants, provided women are prepared and able to stand up for this and make their case - taking an advocate if necessary! Reading and researching symptoms and treatments is the way to go...

(the other thread had a different title so not obvious to anyone glancing that it was the same thing - but no problem!).

Hurdity x

[Dancing Queen]

At the end of the blurb in the tv guide for the prog it says "she finds out if...taking hrt is dangerous". How trite. Hope its not some sensationalist nonsense that concludes that hrt is twice as dangerous as crossing the road but only 10 per cent as dangerous as sticking your head in a gas oven or being trampled by a herd of wildebeest...

[Night_Owl]

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

There are clips on this thread.

Marielle is on conti regime of Estrogel and 100mg Utrogestan nightly - good for her that it works ... not so for some of us ...

Just read a long article by Frostrup in the Mail.

You get symptoms, you go onto HRT, you feel better, you stay on it for the rest of your days if you want. Simples.

Except that we know different don't we ladies? 

So true, SJ.

[Ladybt28]

Maybe we should make a tv program eh ladies - now that would be a real eyeopener!  I'm waiting for the TV adaptation of MaryJane's - Me and My Menopausal Vagina.  I think airing it after the Road Show would provide maximum coverage or between Strictly and Casualty!!

[Jube]

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Re: The Truth about the Menopause BBC1 Monday 10:45pm
« Reply #5 on: November 23, 2018, 11:26:03 PM »
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Why was Mariella wanting private medical to pay for her hrt..you can get it on the nhs anyway!


I have to pay for mine