My own menopause was ghastly. If you think hot flushes are bad (they are), try 40 an hour in your 30s while having chemotherapy, then radiotherapy, then failing IVF, and all the while with none of your mates understanding what you’re going through. This was more than 20 years ago, when the menopause discussion was virtually nonexistent – and while we can all be glad things have changed in the past decade, the way menopause is now being sold should raise cause for concern for anyone approaching menopause.