085 - Medical Menopause - Emma McAuley & Dr Louise Newson

The Dr Louise Newson Podcast

Dr Louise Newson

Health & Fitness, Medicine

4.7 • 933 Ratings

🗓️ 8 February 2021

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Summary

In this episode, Dr Louise Newson is joined by Emma McAuley, a young woman who was thrust into a medical menopause at age 24, after undergoing treatment for breast cancer.

Emma speaks openly to Dr Newson about her experience and how she was told very little about the menopause before her treatment. Emma expected a few hot flushes and instead experienced a vast range of menopause related symptoms and issues.

Dr Newson and Emma also discuss their first meeting at an event held by young adult cancer support charity, Trekstock. Dr Newson was speaking at the event, titled 'Lifting the Lid on Cancer and the Menopause' and Emma talks about the effect it's had on her to finally feel safe enough to ask questions and be able to get the correct advice.

Emma's Three Take Home Tips:

In terms of hot flushes - layers are your friend! Even in the winter, wear items that are easy to take off and put back on.
Speak to everyone you can - whether that's your peers or a medical professional. Knowing you are not alone can be a huge help.
Even though other people around you may be complaining about their periods - it's okay to miss having your own. Talk to your friends about how you are feeling.

Take a look at this booklet from Dr Newson - 'A Young Woman's Guide to Menopause After Treatment for Cancer'

Transcript

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Neuson Health Menopause podcast. I'm Dr. Louise Newson, a GP and menopause
0:15.8	specialist and I'm also the founder of the Menopause charity. In addition, I run the Newston Health Menopause and Well-Being Clinic here in Stratford-upon-Avon.
0:31.0	So today I'm very excited and delighted to introduce to you someone called Emma,
0:37.1	who I've just met over the screen
0:39.2	because we're doing this podcast over the internet. But I connected with her actually in pre-COVID days
0:44.6	via Instagram. So welcome Emma today. Hi. Yeah. It was so long ago. It was at the track stock event,
0:52.4	wasn't it? That's right. So it was before COVID in times
0:55.9	that we were going out. I came down to London and gave, I was on a panel actually for a charity
1:01.9	called Trekkstock and it was talking about menopause for women who've had cancer in the past.
1:08.3	And after that, you connected with me. Yeah. And so I sort of enticed
1:12.3	you to come to talk about your experience, because I was really struck by that evening how
1:17.8	many women, and I knew there were a lot of women suffering, but how many young women were
1:22.9	really suffering in many ways, but also they didn't have a platform or a sort of an area where
1:30.3	people could actually understand what they were going through. We're not even talking about
1:33.6	treatment here. We're talking just about being able to vocalise your symptoms that were related
1:39.7	to your low hormones and someone saying, yes, I understand that must be awful for you there
1:45.4	doesn't seem to even have that so I came away from that meeting really sad actually really
1:50.9	sad and thought gosh there's so much we need to do so yeah so thank you for joining soon so are you
1:56.3	happy just to set the scene really and to explain why you're here and what happened to you, is that okay?
2:04.3	Yeah, sure.
2:05.1	So, well, I'm Emma.
2:07.1	I was diagnosed with breast cancer when I was 24, three years ago.
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