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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Lifestyle
Lara Owen

Anthea Turner: “Menopause was the best wake-up call I ever had”

Anthea Turner first went to the GP when she started having symptoms she couldn’t describe back in 2012.

“The most difficult thing for me at the time was actually explaining myself,” she says. “When I started out on my journey, there just wasn’t the conversation. You could, if you really looked, find something – but nobody really wanted to talk about menopause, because it was this horrible admission as a woman that you’re getting old – and God forbid we want to admit that!”

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