A Starts at 60 writer, Jan Carroll has written this poem about the challenges she faced when she triumphed over women’s worst enemy… Menopause! Have a laugh and join in sharing your thoughts in the comments below… 

If you’re too fat and full of hip,

You’ve lost your grip and out of zip,

You’re chin will fall without a nip,

Then let it!

Your skin looks just like crepe de chine,

You’re not a lean-and-mean machine,

But staying young is still your dream,

Forget it!

If frozen eggs and embryos

Make you feel faint and comatose,

We all got here without all those,

Forget it!

We’ve been around, we know the score,

We know just what’s worth fighting for,

Without the need to go to war,

Forget it!

You need a lift, you need a tuck,

But most of all you need some pluck,

Well now’s the time to run amok,

Just get it!

If some young man gives you the eye,

And you think Gee but I’m too shy,

Give it a whirl before you die,

And do it!

We’ll march on gamely to the end,

Outlasting all the grumpy men,

Please find a pill to give to them,

Viagra.

Coz my Mum got to 93,

She gave it hell

And now watch me,

Just watch me!

Let it!  Do it!  Get it!  Forget it!  Let it! 

Can you relate to Jan’s poem? Tell us your thoughts and share your menopause stories in the comments below…