I Don’t Bleed Anymore

Now I’m free to be a regular person

Michelle Jaqua
The Virago
Published in
4 min readFeb 17, 2022

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Photo by Monika Kozub on Unsplash

Menopause sucks.

I know because I’ve been suffering through this misery for almost 5 years. Yep, that’s what I said…FIVE YEARS.

The physical symptoms of “the change” are at times unbearable. But once you get past the pain of menopause, you’re freed from the societal expectation of being a fuckable, baby-making…

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Michelle Jaqua
The Virago

Advocate for Women / Owner of Lipedema and Me and The Virago