My Menopause Blog

India is verdant ground for anyone with a camera. Everywhere I turned I saw photo opportunities - so many so that I eventually burnt out and stopped snapping pictures all together.

I have no idea what this woman is selling but there were thousands of people just like her crammed onto side-streets, sidewalks, train station platforms and pretty much any surface that could support a basket, seller and buyer.

About 30% of women in India experience premature menopause. Malnutrition and poverty are believed to be contributing factors to early menopause. Incidence of premature menopause is most common in rural areas, as well as among agricultural workers, women who were illiterate and women who had a low body mass index.

I find it much more difficult to whine about my natural, age appropriate, menopause experience when I extend my thinking about menopause beyond my own little world.

Sue Richards

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