Question:- Thank you for a very useful website, you have hit the nail right on the head, I have been going through the menopause for 4 years and gradually getting more and more joint pain. My knees were the first to go and I’m waiting for two knee replacements, due to old injuries.

I have pain in my big toe on my right foot, pain in my right buttock/hip and pain in fingers and middle of my back. This week its my jaw which has become painful , thought it was a tooth in trouble but the dentist assures me the tooth is fine after an x-ray.

I was taking Diclofenic and lots of pain killers but I have stopped taking them, they didn’t help. Been taking Glucosimine for 8 years. I read an article about Collagen recently so for the past 2 months I have taken that each night. I lead a very active life , walk dogs twice a day in the countryside, a big garden to look after and a holiday home to sort out weekly, and I help with an animal charity kennels. No time to feel sorry for myself, need to keep moving otherwise I seize up.Your diet looks good I do eat a balanced diet but the supplements you suggest I will start asap. Let hope it all passes in time. I am only 56 years old.

Reply :- Your positive attitude and approach to the menopause is all the better for tackling the ailments and problems that may occur, every women has varying degrees of symptoms, after all it is not an illness but part of every womens cycle in life. Post menopausal is the being to a new start in life