{"id":805756,"date":"2026-10-17T17:20:13","date_gmt":"2026-10-17T17:20:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/805756\/"},"modified":"2026-10-17T17:20:13","modified_gmt":"2026-10-17T17:20:13","slug":"cumbria-support-group-opens-up-conversation-on-menopause-and-pain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/805756\/","title":{"rendered":"Cumbria support group opens up conversation on menopause and pain"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">A support group is holding a county-wide event for women coping with pain associated with menopause and perimenopause.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">South Cumbria support group Menopause Matters is holding an online forum for World Menopause Day, inviting people to share their experiences and ask questions.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">World Menopause Day is an annual event started by the International Menopause Society (IMS), with this year&#8217;s theme Chronic Pain At Midlife.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Facilitator Leigh Williams said she hoped Sunday&#8217;s free online event, being held between 19:00 and 20:00 BST, would &#8220;open up the conversation&#8221; around pain and menopause.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Menopause Matters also holds a monthly cafe-style drop-in in Barrow-in-Furness, offering women the opportunity to meet up in an informal environment. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Williams was inspired to become a facilitator because of her own experience with perimenopause and chronic pain.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;I know what it feels like when pain starts to shrink your world,&#8221; she said. &#8220;Some of the women that come to the support groups are really desperate for an outlet, they haven&#8217;t been able to talk about these topics or get the support that they wanted.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A support group is holding a county-wide event for women coping with pain associated with menopause and perimenopause.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":805757,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[59,102,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-805756","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-health","tag-gb","tag-health","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/805756","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=805756"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/805756\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/805757"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=805756"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=805756"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=805756"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}