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SPEAKER 1

Night sweats and hot flushes, really. And they sort of go together. But yeah, that horrible feeling of heat rising up your body and then just being so hot you don't know what to do. That was, to me, the worst bit.

SPEAKER 2

She went through phases of being angry. And I think that's more down to pain. Lack of sleep was a huge thing for her. Not being as mobile, she used to walk a lot. She was always conscious of her diabetes as well. So she was always trying to make sure her diet was well. She was struggling with that. Eating was a problem as well. It was multiple things for her.

SPEAKER 3

Maybe ‘thought fog’, I think maybe that's not the right term to use. But yeah, some kind of problems processing some of that information. I know some physical changes around heat, hot flushes and things like that as well, which can make people uncomfortable in a certain environment.

SPEAKER 1

I think it's about education and understanding. And so for example, if you are feeling really hot, there's always that dilemma if you're sharing an office. Can you open the window? What can you do about it? So, I think, for me, understanding is the most important thing.

SPEAKER 4

I used to work with a wonderful woman who, when she was going through the menopause, had very, very extreme hot flushes at work. And everyone would just carry on like nothing was happening. And she'd be sitting there boiling and fanning herself. And everyone would just not say anything. And I used to think at the time, should I say something? Should we open a window? It just wasn't discussed at all.