Jeannie Ralston: Teaching Her Sons a Lesson

In our weekly installment of the Menopause Chronicles, Jeannie Ralston reports that an incident at Windsor Castle disturbed her sons, but it's not like she could help it. Really!

When did you go into menopause?

My last period was on my 55th birthday. Happy Birthday to me.

What did you know about menopause before you hit it?

I thought it might be like a prolonged case of PMS. I was never sure how you calculated the start of menopause. Was it when your periods began going haywire or when they actually stopped? [I now know it’s when you’ve gone a year without a period.]

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