Celebs and the menopause

Stevie Nicks

Rock legend Stevie Nicks couldn't bear going through the menopause and she didn't care who knew it, ‘Rock and menopause do not mix,' the Fleetwood Mac singer, now 60, complained. ‘It is not good, it sucks and every day I fight it to the death.'

Stevie's been through the mill in her time during what she calls her ‘cocaine and brandy' days. She's still rocking, but with an eye to a healthier lifestyle.

‘I have a big handful of vitamins in the morning and another big handful at night,' she says. At the height of her menopause, four years ago, she still had to get out on stage, ‘I break out in hot flushes and I just have to sit down,' she said at the time. ‘That is when I get a big, fabulous Japanese fan and cool myself. I may as well be fabulous while I'm suffering.'

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