So, anybody can be menopausal of any age, or perimenopausal, so they might still be

having periods.

There's so many reasons I've seen a few women who, when they were teenagers, they just had

one period, and nothing more, and their ovaries hadn't developed properly.

I've seen quite a few young women who've had cervical cancer, a vulval cancer, vaginal

cancer, and those treatments actually can affect the way ovaries work.

And then, this sounds really obvious, but it's not always obvious to people that if you

have your ovaries removed in an operation, so you have a bilateral refractory, then you

will become menopausal overnight.

Well, that's the voice of Dr Louise Newson, a GP and menopaus specialist, and she knows

that are plenty of reasons why we might experience non-typical menopaus onset.

This is the Lizard Wellbeing Show, the podcast, helping us all to have a better second

half.

I'm Lizard, and I'm sure, as you know by now, I'm on a real mission to find ways for

us all to thrive in later life by investing in our health and our wellbeing today.

Well, today's episode actually was inspired by you.

I received an email recently, and it made me wonder just how many women might be thinking

about the same things and asking the same questions.

The email reads as follows.

I just wanted to get in touch with a suggestion for menopaus topics, both somewhat specialist,

but both affect me and a friend, so there will be other similar women out there grateful

for coverage, support, and some signposting.

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