I went through the menopause IN EIGHT WEEKS
Mar 16, 2021
4 minutes
WORDS: FRANCES LEATE
‘THIS WASN’T JUST ABOUT ME’
Just a short time ago, I was a typical working mum in her early 40s, juggling the demands of a full-time job and bringing up my nine-year-old son, Zac, with my husband, Matt, then 42.
I enjoyed the odd gin at the weekend, had a passion for baking cakes and loved nothing more than to relax on the sofa and catch up on the soaps, or to watch Zac’s beloved wrestling shows just so that I could steal a few cuddles with him. But in February 2020, life went from contented to a nightmare overnight.
On 29 February last year, I was in the shower trying
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