Am I right in thinking Menopause and Cancer, the podcast came first and then came the organisation?

Yeah.

At first, my own patient sort of need to learn more about what I could do for myself led me to opening and setting up a Facebook group years ago now.

And it was just one of my sleepless nights, you know, three o'clock in the morning when you're on browsing the World Wide Web.

And I thought, I just see if there are some others.

And I remember it was a really busy afternoon.

Kids were running around.

And if that's you, then it's probably a good idea

Double whammy.

Yes and no, Deborah.

We believe every conversation has the potential for great change.

And I believe today's conversation has the potential for great change.

And if you just look into the comments, I'm really happy to read a few of the comments out because they're so well-fitting.

We've got people in our community today with endometrial cancer, people who were told no to HRT, people with breast cancer.

So it's really affecting this large group of people.

What do you hear from your community around how this does affect them at work?

Can you share a bit of your personal journey from breast cancer in your 30s to being pushed into surgical menopause, and how that ultimately led you to create Menopause and Cancer?

Yeah.

Um, I first want to say I've gone down a many detours, and I had no idea that I would end up doing what I'm doing now all those years ago when I was diagnosed with breast cancer.

I, I run Menopause and Cancer.

We're a global not-for-profit organization now, supporting people worldwide.

But when I was going through active cancer treatment at the age of 33 as a young mom to three children, my twins were two, and my eldest daughter was four, I just felt like my life was falling apart.

I didn't know what was to come.

Mm