Hi Elisa - wow! that's tellin' 'em !! I had a hysterectomy about 35 years ago, still went through the most vile menopause which is why I'm so afraid of taking something that's going to give me hot flushes etc. again, but no guarantees of it working. It seems everything I google has the same [to varying degrees] symptoms. I just don't know what to do. Hellllllp...!!! Good on you for going travelling. Wish I could. I've had a very adventurous life which is probably why this 'sitting and waiting' is so much harder. Oh well..... worse things happen at sea as my dear old Ma used to say! Good luck, Gay