THE MENOPAUSE

The older I get, the more I am reminded of the things my dear old Mum used to say and the things I used to take with a pinch of salt, for instance “Wait till you are my age”. Well I am now at the age my Mum was when she said that. I can assure you, it is not something I have been waiting for. Getting older is inevitable and the Menopause is nature’s way of reminding you of this. Hormones, testosterone, oestrogen, progesterone. These are all lovely words that roll off the tongue. They do not, however, describe the hot flushes and the sweat that rolls from your head down your face, neck and back or the random little whiskers that appear on your chin:-

As well as the horrendous hot flushes

There’s something else that’s weird

In between the beads of sweat

I’ve started to grow a beard!