There is something quite cruel about the twist of fate that places the two biggest rites of passage in a woman’s reproductive life simultaneously. Puberty and menopause, the battle of the hormones. A story of a surgically induced menopause.

3,000 women are diagnosed every year with cervical cancer, over 18,000 are diagnosed with the other 4 types of gynaecological cancers for which there is no screening at all. One woman’s experience of surgical menopause due to womb cancer has started a petition for yearly women’s health check ups to reduce deaths of over 7,600 women each year.

Ovarian Cancer treatment can cause an early surgical menopause. We shine a light on the work of the charity Ovacome.

Hot flushes are thought to be related to changes in central nervous system…

Certain cervical cancer treatments can be very difficult to cope with on both a physical and emotional level and if ovaries stop functioning due to cervical cancer treatment it can trigger menopause symptoms. Being ‘cervix savvy’ saves lives!