{"id":1772,"date":"2021-10-21T10:57:29","date_gmt":"2021-10-21T09:57:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theramex.com\/uk\/?p=1772"},"modified":"2021-10-21T10:57:29","modified_gmt":"2021-10-21T09:57:29","slug":"our-collective-voice-i-got-my-wife-back-and-my-children-got-their-mother-back","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theramex.com\/au\/news\/our-collective-voice-i-got-my-wife-back-and-my-children-got-their-mother-back\/","title":{"rendered":"Our Collective Voice: \u201cI got my wife back and my children got their mother back\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>It\u2019s really important to me that people understand my wife\u2019s menopause journey has been a \u2018joint\u2019 experience for her, our children and myself. Everyone is impacted. Over time, my wife\u2019s anxiety had been increasing and it came to a head one day when she became too anxious to get on a plane. Our family are overseas so we were regular flyers. I cautiously broached the subject with her that could it be the menopause. It was one of the hardest conversations we\u2019ve ever had to have and such a reality check that we were reaching that stage of our lives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The journey to get the support she needed felt like a battle at every turn. She had underlying health conditions and, based on the guidelines we\u2019d read, we didn\u2019t agree with the treatment she was eventually offered. 12 months after that first appointment, we saw a private menopause specialist, who confirmed our beliefs about the correct treatment pathway. In less than two weeks, I got my wife back and my children got their mother back. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><strong>Reflection<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2022If you noticed changes in the behaviour of your mother, partner or friend, would you have the confidence to ask them about it? <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2022If you thought it might be the menopause, would you know where to signpost them for more information?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>We have obtained permission from the author to publish their story as part of the Our Collective Voice campaign.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s really important to me that people understand my wife\u2019s menopause journey has been a \u2018joint\u2019 experience for her, our children and myself. Everyone is impacted. Over time, my wife\u2019s anxiety had been increasing and it came to a head one day when she became too anxious to get on a plane. Our family are [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1772","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorised"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.1.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Our Collective Voice: \u201cI got my wife back and my children got their mother back\u201d - Theramex Australia<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theramex.com\/au\/news\/our-collective-voice-i-got-my-wife-back-and-my-children-got-their-mother-back\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Our Collective Voice: \u201cI got my wife back and my children got their mother back\u201d - Theramex Australia\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"It\u2019s really important to me that people understand my wife\u2019s menopause journey has been a \u2018joint\u2019 experience for her, our children and myself. Everyone is impacted. Over time, my wife\u2019s anxiety had been increasing and it came to a head one day when she became too anxious to get on a plane. Our family are [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.theramex.com\/au\/news\/our-collective-voice-i-got-my-wife-back-and-my-children-got-their-mother-back\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Theramex Australia\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2021-10-21T09:57:29+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"ailsasuleman\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"ailsasuleman\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.theramex.com\/au\/news\/our-collective-voice-i-got-my-wife-back-and-my-children-got-their-mother-back\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.theramex.com\/au\/news\/our-collective-voice-i-got-my-wife-back-and-my-children-got-their-mother-back\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"ailsasuleman\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.theramex.com\/au\/#\/schema\/person\/d3fdc5325264611b6aa3ad9f2fa8541e\"},\"headline\":\"Our Collective Voice: \u201cI got my wife back and my children got their mother back\u201d\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-10-21T09:57:29+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.theramex.com\/au\/news\/our-collective-voice-i-got-my-wife-back-and-my-children-got-their-mother-back\/\"},\"wordCount\":256,\"articleSection\":[\"Uncategorised\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-AU\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.theramex.com\/au\/news\/our-collective-voice-i-got-my-wife-back-and-my-children-got-their-mother-back\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.theramex.com\/au\/news\/our-collective-voice-i-got-my-wife-back-and-my-children-got-their-mother-back\/\",\"name\":\"Our Collective Voice: \u201cI got my wife back and my children got their mother back\u201d - Theramex Australia\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.theramex.com\/au\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2021-10-21T09:57:29+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.theramex.com\/au\/#\/schema\/person\/d3fdc5325264611b6aa3ad9f2fa8541e\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.theramex.com\/au\/news\/our-collective-voice-i-got-my-wife-back-and-my-children-got-their-mother-back\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-AU\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.theramex.com\/au\/news\/our-collective-voice-i-got-my-wife-back-and-my-children-got-their-mother-back\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.theramex.com\/au\/news\/our-collective-voice-i-got-my-wife-back-and-my-children-got-their-mother-back\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.theramex.com\/au\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Our Collective Voice: \u201cI got my wife back and my children got their mother back\u201d\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.theramex.com\/au\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.theramex.com\/au\/\",\"name\":\"Theramex Australia\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.theramex.com\/au\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-AU\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.theramex.com\/au\/#\/schema\/person\/d3fdc5325264611b6aa3ad9f2fa8541e\",\"name\":\"ailsasuleman\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.theramex.com\/au\/news\/author\/ailsasuleman\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Our Collective Voice: \u201cI got my wife back and my children got their mother back\u201d - Theramex Australia","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.theramex.com\/au\/news\/our-collective-voice-i-got-my-wife-back-and-my-children-got-their-mother-back\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Our Collective Voice: \u201cI got my wife back and my children got their mother back\u201d - Theramex Australia","og_description":"It\u2019s really important to me that people understand my wife\u2019s menopause journey has been a \u2018joint\u2019 experience for her, our children and myself. Everyone is impacted. Over time, my wife\u2019s anxiety had been increasing and it came to a head one day when she became too anxious to get on a plane. Our family are [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/www.theramex.com\/au\/news\/our-collective-voice-i-got-my-wife-back-and-my-children-got-their-mother-back\/","og_site_name":"Theramex Australia","article_published_time":"2021-10-21T09:57:29+00:00","author":"ailsasuleman","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"ailsasuleman","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.theramex.com\/au\/news\/our-collective-voice-i-got-my-wife-back-and-my-children-got-their-mother-back\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.theramex.com\/au\/news\/our-collective-voice-i-got-my-wife-back-and-my-children-got-their-mother-back\/"},"author":{"name":"ailsasuleman","@id":"https:\/\/www.theramex.com\/au\/#\/schema\/person\/d3fdc5325264611b6aa3ad9f2fa8541e"},"headline":"Our Collective Voice: \u201cI got my wife back and my children got their mother back\u201d","datePublished":"2021-10-21T09:57:29+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.theramex.com\/au\/news\/our-collective-voice-i-got-my-wife-back-and-my-children-got-their-mother-back\/"},"wordCount":256,"articleSection":["Uncategorised"],"inLanguage":"en-AU"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.theramex.com\/au\/news\/our-collective-voice-i-got-my-wife-back-and-my-children-got-their-mother-back\/","url":"https:\/\/www.theramex.com\/au\/news\/our-collective-voice-i-got-my-wife-back-and-my-children-got-their-mother-back\/","name":"Our Collective Voice: \u201cI got my wife back and my children got their mother back\u201d - Theramex Australia","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.theramex.com\/au\/#website"},"datePublished":"2021-10-21T09:57:29+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.theramex.com\/au\/#\/schema\/person\/d3fdc5325264611b6aa3ad9f2fa8541e"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.theramex.com\/au\/news\/our-collective-voice-i-got-my-wife-back-and-my-children-got-their-mother-back\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-AU","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.theramex.com\/au\/news\/our-collective-voice-i-got-my-wife-back-and-my-children-got-their-mother-back\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.theramex.com\/au\/news\/our-collective-voice-i-got-my-wife-back-and-my-children-got-their-mother-back\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.theramex.com\/au\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Our Collective Voice: \u201cI got my wife back and my children got their mother back\u201d"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.theramex.com\/au\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.theramex.com\/au\/","name":"Theramex Australia","description":"","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.theramex.com\/au\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-AU"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.theramex.com\/au\/#\/schema\/person\/d3fdc5325264611b6aa3ad9f2fa8541e","name":"ailsasuleman","url":"https:\/\/www.theramex.com\/au\/news\/author\/ailsasuleman\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theramex.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1772","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theramex.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theramex.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theramex.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theramex.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1772"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.theramex.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1772\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1803,"href":"https:\/\/www.theramex.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1772\/revisions\/1803"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theramex.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1772"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theramex.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1772"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theramex.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1772"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}