Menopause Stigmas

For me, menopause was easier than getting my period. My period was never explained to me and when I got it at the age of 11, it was scary. At least, by the time menopause hits, at least we have heard the word. As a 54-year-old, I never went through “peri-menopause” as it is now. It wasn’t even a word, now it is. It may have started after the hysterectomy, maybe not, but nothing, and I say NOTHING compares to the symptoms of menopause that I have now.

Menopause as a medical “condition”. SERIOUSLY? A medical condition is something that can absolutely be treated by a physician and controlled. Is our period a “Medical Condition”? No, it is not. Periods and menopause are physical phenomenon’s that we have zero control over. A life transition for which there is little knowledge.

Menopause as a “Phase”. Well, that just depends on who is saying it now doesn’t it? If a man or a doctor says that, they are bound to limp out of the room.

Since the beginning of time, menopause and menopause symptoms have been treated like they are not real. Like they are figments of our imagination and sometimes they would even lock up us in mental wards. While the vacation would be nice, it is not something that entertains me.

Until about 100 years ago, there was very little medical information on “the menopause” (such a funny way of saying it, like The Home…