Imagine that you’re in a meeting and a hot flash hits, what are you going to do? You’ll probably try to keep it together, pretend nothing’s happening and act like you don’t look like an over ripe tomato and you haven’t really got sweat running in torrents down your face.

Or you’re in the middle of an important presentation and the brain fog descends on you like a blanket of death. Suddenly, you can barely remember your own name, never mind the technical terms you’re supposed to be talking about.

This is a real problem, not just for the menopausal women but also for those around them. Unless they’ve been menopausal, the people around you, male or female, aren’t likely to either understand what’s going on or know what to do about it.