At 52 years old, I Am Post-Menopausal

Expecting the change

Simone DeVone
Modern Women
Published in
3 min readFeb 24, 2024

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The days of being a young woman are long over with.

I did not think about the reality of myself aging until the peri-menopause stage crept up and I noticed my right hip was hurting and a chin hair appeared (yikes!).

“No, you are not in menopause until you haven’t had a menstruation for over a year” my gynecologist…

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Simone DeVone
Modern Women

Poet | Creative Writer (who loves to sing) | B.S. in Communications | Arts & Humanities Enthusiast | Harlem Scholar