Vagina MuseumJun 19, 2025
In popular culture, menopause is typically associated with hot flushes. In our Menopause: What's Changed? exhibition, we invite visitors to drop a pebble if they experience any of these symptoms. And it turns out, hot flushes are much less common than brain fog or mood symptoms!
Show threadtiny_mJun 19, 2025
@vagina_museum love this interaction. I found out recently (because I have peri-menopausal muscle pain) that a third of all people who experience menopause symptoms only experience muscular or joint pain and don't report any of the hot flushes or more commonly known symptoms!! I had no idea.
Show threadOutoftheBlueDD
@tiny_m @vagina_museum I discovered that I get pain in my elbows and toes, when I'm low one progesterone. It's crazy, all the strange things that suddenly happen to us that are caused by hormones and can sometimes be remedied quite easily, provided you know what's going on. We need more education on menopause and have to make sure everybody comes across helpful information.
Jun 19, 2025 at 11:35amWeb
Show threadtiny_mJun 19, 2025
@OutoftheBlueDD @vagina_museum The other thing which was a complete surprise was the pain I had in my hip and weird weak finger joints that happened during pregnancy came back, exactly the same, so that was obviously a hormone progesterone thing, which nobody explained at the time or suggested might be a problem in the future. They are such tiny things that you don't think to mention to people but that was a massive lightbulb moment, and then a friend said oh yeah pregnancy hip, what? you knew?