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Vicky - Interview 35  

Vicky - Interview 35

Age at Interview: 51
Sex: Female
Background: Vicky has her own takeaway business. She is married with an two teenage daughters. She started the menopause at age 50. Ethnic background/nationality: Chinese.
Brief outline:Vicky’s menopausal symptoms include hot flushes, sweats, irritability, poor sleep and joint pain. A herbal remedy helped alleviate joint pain, but she has not sought help for other symptoms. At 51 she feels old, tired, less competitive and less ambitious.

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Vicky - Interview 35
Vicky wondered what was wrong when she first missed a period. She thought there was ‘a problem’ with her body. (Video clip in Cantonese, English translation).

 



People get scared when their periods stop, get worried, is there something wrong with me? Is there something wrong with my body that has caused my periods to stop? At first that is what I thought, I missed a period and then the next month too, is there a problem with my body? Because it had not happened before, I didn’t know what it was, now I have been through it, I know that is a sign of the menopause, so I tell other people there is no need to worry.
Virginia Ironside
Jenny Hislop, Senior researcher
Menopause
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