Channel Nine star Shelly Horton reveals she’s been ‘bleeding for months’ as she shares her experiences with perimenopause
Shelly Horton has revealed that she has been dealing with the symptoms of perimenopause.
In an Instagram post shared on Tuesday, the Talking Married host shared a photo taken at an ultrasound appointment to investigate months of bleeding.
The 49-year-old wrote: ‘Perimenopause is the gift that keeps giving. If only I could return it for a voucher.
Going through it: Shelly Horton (pictured) has revealed that she has been dealing with the symptoms of perimenopause. In an Instagram post shared on Tuesday, the Talking Married host shared a photo taken at an ultrasound appointment to investigate months of bleeding
‘Today I needed another round of external and internal ultrasounds to look at why I’ve been bleeding constantly for months and rule out any nasties.’
She went on: ‘Talking about the symptoms like excessive bleeding and dry vaginas, depression, anxiety and hot flushes is still considered taboo in 2022. I say f**k that.
‘Raising awareness about a condition that 100 percent of women will go through can’t be kept quiet or treated with a ‘solider on’ attitude anymore.
The 49-year-old wrote: ‘Today I needed another round of external and internal ultrasounds to look at why I’ve been bleeding constantly for months and rule out any nasties’
‘I honestly don’t know how the generations of women before coped with such a lack of information and support. Sharing information about perimenopause is my new purpose. I’m about to get very loud.’
Shelly concluded comically: ‘Well, as soon as I wee because the ultrasound had to be done with a full bladder’.
Perimenopause refers to the time ‘around menopause’ during which the body makes the natural transition to menopause.
Last year, Shelly revealed she is not a natural redhead, admitting to her Instagram followers he is in fact ’95 per cent grey’.
Dyed red: Last year, Shelly revealed she is not a natural redhead, admitting to her Instagram followers he is in fact ’95 per cent grey’
In an Instagram Stories post, she divulged she had been dying her hair for almost 30 years after going grey at 18.
‘I’m 90 per cent grey,’ she captioned a photo of herself with stark white roots before they were being dyed at the hairdresser.
‘I went grey at 18. So I go to the hairdresser every three weeks to cover my white roots.
‘But it means the red dye grabs it well so it’s very vibrant. Pain in the a**e though! One day I’ll embrace the pure white!’
Covered up: ‘I went grey at 18. So I go to the hairdresser every three weeks to cover my white roots’ she said
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