and me Menopause

Tara was diagnosed with PH in 2017 and found it hard to distinguish between symptoms of her illness and symptoms of menopause.

“My periods stopped in 2015, at the same time my husband left, and I took it badly as he was my best friend. When my periods stopped, I at first thought it was due to my depression.

I’d been ill for a long time and I did have hot flushes a lot but we all used to say it was my medication, as I have chronic pain and take morphine and a cocktail of pills. I was finally diagnosed with PH in 2017 but no medical specialists have mentioned menopause to me.

I wonder if some of the pills I was taking [for my illnesses] helped me through menopause, as I realise I’ve been lucky. I’m now 54 and I’m not sure if I’ve finished menopause or not, but I feel like I’ve sailed through it.”