“I should accept my skin will wrinkle.” Sudha Murty’s candid chat about how to deal with menopause.
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00:00You get menopause, you should not think it's a disease
00:02I should accept my skin will wrinkle
00:05I'm going to put little more weight
00:06because your hormones are going down
00:08My dad was a gynecologist
00:10Oh, he talked about menstruation and periods
00:13How do you prepare Mr. Narayan Moorthy for it?
00:15I told Moorthy, in case I'm upset for something without reason
00:18Think, it's a hormone retreat, okay?
00:20And laugh for it and don't take it seriously
00:23I want to know more about Sudha Moorthy and how she managed and navigated her health
00:32For example, today we are all talking about menopause
00:36Did somebody talk to you about it?
00:38Of course, I knew very well
00:39My dad was a gynecologist
00:41So from the beginning, when I had my puberty, my dad said
00:46Now your hormones are high, so your skin glows
00:50You look at the mirror many times
00:52A day will come, the hormones will be withdrawn and menopause comes
00:56And he gave a very good knowledge of menopause
01:00And he told, when you come, you get menopause
01:02You should not think it's a disease
01:04It's a withdrawal of your hormones
01:06That time you should work little more than normal
01:10So that you should get distracted
01:12And whenever you feel down, you remember
01:14It is not because there's something is down in the situation
01:17Hormone is going back, so you feel this
01:20So he prepared the menopause
01:23And he used to handle many women with menopause
01:25So I knew how women without knowledge or less knowledge
01:30Or not knowing about it used to suffer in menopause
01:33I said, when I get my menopause, I'm going to work hard
01:36And I know why it is happening to me
01:38What age was this?
01:40My dad, maybe when I was 22, 24, much earlier than that
01:45My dad was a good friend of mine
01:47An open person, he would always talk about
01:49Oh, he talked about menstruation and periods
01:53That there's nothing wrong with that
01:55It is not a curse or anything impure
01:57It has to be part of your hormone balancing
02:00You take it like any other person
02:02So he was very forward and we had three daughters
02:06He made it a point, accept these things as normal
02:10Don't go by what others talk
02:13Yeah, but despite all the awareness and information
02:16Were you scared?
02:18No, I knew when the hormones started retreating
02:21I said, now I'm getting into hormone, less hormone zone
02:25Now what I should do?
02:26I should walk more
02:29I should exercise more
02:30I should accept my skin will wrinkle
02:34I should accept sometimes there will be butterflies come here
02:37Okay, I knew about it very well
02:39Some people get butterflies
02:41It is going to come
02:43Now I'm going to put a little more weight
02:46Because your hormones are going down
02:48So overall, sometimes you may feel down
02:52Sometimes you may feel normal
02:53Sometimes you may feel up
02:55So when you're up and normal, you don't worry
02:57When it's down, remember
02:58Because of this is happening and do something else
03:00Which interests you
03:01Maybe reading, seeing a movie
03:03So that position or that period should pass
03:08How did you prepare your family?
03:10How did you prepare Mr. Narayan Moorthy for it?
03:12The thing with menopause is, as you yourself said
03:15It's not a disease, but it's a long phase
03:17And it comes with not complexities for the woman
03:20But implications for the family and anybody you interact with
03:23So how did you prepare him?
03:24When I got menopause, my both children were out
03:28And suddenly one day I remembered them and I cried
03:31And I told, why did I cry?
03:33When they left for US to study, I did not cry
03:36Why am I crying?
03:37Then I sat for two minutes and took deep breath
03:40I said, oh, this is because of menopause, I'm crying
03:42Mr. Moorthy was not even aware of it
03:45And I told Moorthy, in case I'm upset for something without reason
03:50Think, it's a hormone retreat, okay
03:52And laugh over it and don't take it seriously