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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Polly Hudson

The unspoken agony of vaginal dryness: ‘I had to give up four jobs in four years’

An illustration of a naked woman with long luxuriant brown hair and eyes closed with pained expression sitting crossed legged with her hands in her lap with a huge bunch of roses and foliage in her arms

When Lorraine Kelly shared her experience of menopause on her daytime TV show in 2017, she was her own last resort. Initially, she set out to interview a famous woman about her story, but everyone she approached refused.

“I thought, nobody else will talk about it so I’ll do it. It was a breakthrough moment,” said Kelly.

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