{"id":1923,"date":"2018-10-23T12:33:59","date_gmt":"2018-10-23T12:33:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/menopausesupport.co.uk\/?p=1923"},"modified":"2018-10-23T12:39:35","modified_gmt":"2018-10-23T12:39:35","slug":"the-moment-diane-danzebrink-almost-took-her-own-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/menopausesupport.co.uk\/?p=1923","title":{"rendered":"The moment Diane Danzebrink almost took her own life"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/menopausesupport.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/I-came-close.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-1924 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/menopausesupport.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/I-came-close.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"617\" height=\"656\" srcset=\"https:\/\/menopausesupport.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/I-came-close.jpg 617w, https:\/\/menopausesupport.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/I-came-close-282x300.jpg 282w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 617px) 100vw, 617px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Di Danzebrink this week relived the horror moment where she contemplated suicide by driving her car into oncoming traffic in an interview in the &#8220;i&#8221; newspaper.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Talking to journalist Claudia Tanner, Di spoke about the way she felt after surgery brought on early menopause, and went from being a woman too nervous to leave the house to the confident menopause campaigner she is today.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/menopausesupport.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/we-have-to-ask.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-1927\" src=\"http:\/\/menopausesupport.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/we-have-to-ask.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"255\" height=\"170\" \/><\/a>While hot flushes and night sweats are common side-effects of the menopause, the impact on women\u2019s mental health is often not fully recognised. It\u2019s all a natural part of ageing \u2013 for some. Others are catapulted into it early after surgery or medical treatment.<\/p>\n<p>Di found that the very sudden and abrupt change in her hormones left her \u201cunable to function\u201d or work\u00a0for months after she had a\u00a0hysterectomy at 45. And she\u2019s not alone. One in four women experience debilitating\u00a0menopause symptoms that can last up to 15 years, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nuffieldhealth.com\/article\/one-in-four-with-menopause-symptoms-concerned-about-ability-to-cope-with-life\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">research<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read Di&#8217;s interview\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/inews.co.uk\/inews-lifestyle\/people\/the-menopause-i-came-close-to-taking-my-own-life-women-need-better-support\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">online here<\/a> &#8211; and if you have not yet signed our petition <a href=\"https:\/\/www.change.org\/p\/penny-mordaunt-mp-make-menopause-matter-in-healthcare-the-workplace-and-education-makemenopausematter\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#MakeMenopauseMatter<\/a>, please do so now. Around 4,000 people have signed so far since it was launched a week ago.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Di Danzebrink this week relived the horror moment where she contemplated suicide by driving her car into oncoming traffic in an interview in the &#8220;i&#8221; newspaper.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1926,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1923","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/menopausesupport.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1923","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/menopausesupport.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/menopausesupport.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/menopausesupport.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/menopausesupport.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1923"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/menopausesupport.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1923\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1929,"href":"https:\/\/menopausesupport.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1923\/revisions\/1929"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/menopausesupport.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1926"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/menopausesupport.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1923"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/menopausesupport.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1923"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/menopausesupport.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1923"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}