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Almost a year ago, Penny Ashton started experiencing an unpleasant sensation “down below”.
“I got into my car to drive to Christchurch and thought, hmm, that feels weird,” she recalls. “It was like a burning, not itchy but sore.”
Ashton, an Auckland actor and comedian, has been presenting a podcast, , which is focused on women’s health and in particular the menopause transition. She was 47 at the time and assumed this must be related