At 15 I knew something was wrong with me.
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00:00 At 13, I knew something was wrong with me.
00:02 I'm literally so red.
00:05 I'm sweating.
00:07 Oh my God, like even my arms are red.
00:11 My periods automatically stopped and I had the worst hot flushes.
00:15 I was diagnosed with early menopause when I was 15, but for two years the doctors told
00:20 me I was fine.
00:20 In those two years, I could have frozen my eggs to have a family of my own, but that
00:34 opportunity was taken away from me.
00:40 After years of hospital trips, I was given the condition with a name but no answer.
00:46 Without my dad's unconditional love and support throughout every hospital trip, and my mum
00:59 going through the very same thing, my situation could have been even more isolating.
01:04 We need to break the menopause stigma because every woman will go through the menopause.
01:10 Join the Menopause and Me conversation today.
01:12 Join the Menopause and Me conversation today.
01:15 (electronic music)