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Daily Mail
4 days ago
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- Daily Mail
EastEnders star Jo Joyner, 48, fears menopause will affect her acting career amid her struggle with brain fog - following a secret hysterectomy
Jo Joyner has candidly opened up on having surgical menopause following a secret hysterectomy. The former EastEnders star, 48, revealed on Kate Thornton's White Wine Question Time podcast that she underwent a hysterectomy in the last few years because she had too much oestrogen, which resulted her getting early menopause. Surgical menopause occurs when both of your ovaries are removed using a surgical approach (called a bilateral oophorectomy)or when a hysterectomy removes the ovaries before you've gone through a natural menopause. This causes a sudden onset of the menopause after the surgery. Jo, who played Tanya Branning in the BBC soap, admitted she is 'scared' if the menopause will affect her acting career amid her struggle with brain fog. She explained: 'Part of the reason that I ended up having a full hysterectomy was because I had too much oestrogen. 'I had almost the opposite problem of most people. So I'm now a year past that, I have only just started to need to take oestrogen because my reserves are so big. Can you believe it?' She added: 'I think your average GP would have just thrown oestrogen at me with some of my symptoms. And actually it kind of doubled the problem. 'It wasn't until I did the Dutch hormone test mapping, which showed me a little arc of all my hormones. 'And I went, 'oh, my gosh, that makes sense'. I went to my naturopath and she said, I can't treat you. This oestrogen is off the chart. You need to go and see the doctor. There's something going on. And she was right. 'There was you know, Endo adenomyosis all of this was going on. But what it means is I'm a good year and a half past that and it's [menopause] all just starting to happen now. 'Literally yesterday I spent an entire day every time I walked into a room or a cupboard stood there thinking, I don't know what I've come here for. What did I come here for? 'Well, I don't know, but it amazes me how quick it can happen.' She added: 'Luckily it's not affecting my work. Luckily I can get my lines in. I think that must be scary when that starts happening. 'It's interesting because as I've got older, I'm in that area and I'm not 50 yet and I'm having a surgical menopause. So I'm kind of too young for this, I like to think.' Amid her busy work schedule, Jo - who stars in the upcoming Paramount show Little Disasters - went to a retreat for a week to rest and reset. She said she was recommended to go on the retreat by her former co-star and close friend Tamzin Outhwaite. Jo explained: 'It's been a funny old year. I had my surgeries and then I went off to Malta, and then I came back and went to Budapest in Richmond, and then I went straight into Shakespeare and Hathaway in the September. 'There was never more than a week or so between jobs. I was sort of spat out again at the end of February this year, after finishing Shakespeare and Hathaway. 'And I thought, well, it's time to take stock of this radical surgery that I've had and this menopause I must be in and all of that and have a bit of time for me. 'And inspired by our very own Tamzin Outhwaite, who's obviously got her own project, We Free Women, wonderful project for retreat. 'For women, inspired by her because she had been on retreats and a year previous when we were in Malta, she kept saying to me, 'you need to go on a retreat. You need to go and have some time for yourself to heal and look at your new body and see what it can do, you know?'. 'Still I was a year on and I still hadn't. I was pretty much exhausted, I will say. It felt incredibly indulgent and selfish. But I went away for a week to a retreat, my first ever retreat on my own.' WHAT IS A HYSTERECTOMY? A hysterectomy is a surgical procedure to remove a woman's uterus. There are three kinds: The operation is most commonly performed on women between the ages of 40 and 49. More than 20 million American women have had a hysterectomy, according to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. As women approach menopause, the odds that they will develop one of several serious uterine health conditions increases. Doctors may recommend a hysterectomy as a treatment for: fibroids endometriosis uterine (endometrial) cancer chronic uterine pain or bleeding collapsed uterus In some cases, doctors may suggest a hysterectomy as a preventative measure if a woman has significant warning or early signs of developing one or more of these conditions. When necessary, surgeons may also remove the ovaries and fallopian tubes, if these have also been damaged or are at serious risk of damage. The removal of reproductive organs sends a woman's body into menopause, no matter how old she is. This comes with unpleasant side effects like hot flashes, and many women have to start hormone therapy, taking estrogen to balance out their own hormones.
Daily Mail
08-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Daily Mail
Strictly's Tasha Ghouri admits she 'went into a cave' following her split from Andrew Le Page as she reveals exactly when they went their separate ways
Tasha Ghouri has revealed she 'went into a cave' following her split from Love Island beau Andrew Le Page. The Strictly Come Dancing star, 26, and the estate agent, 29, ended their romance earlier this year, having been in a relationship since meeting on Love Island in 2022. And now she has revealed on Kate Thornton's podcast, White Wine Question Time, that their breakup happened during Strictly's UK tour which took place earlier this year. Tasha also admitted she closed herself off by turning her phone off which sparked worry among her family as no one could contact her. She told the host: 'When the breakup happened, it actually kind of happened around the tour. I just remember pushing it back to my head. 'I didn't really deal with it that well, if I'm honest. When I was on the tour, the first week it kind of got leaked to the press. I didn't have the control of how it happened. I remember it was just everywhere. 'Everywhere I looked on social media, and everyone was messaging me saying, 'what's happened? What's going on?' I remember I switched my phone off for about five days. I didn't text anyone. I didn't message anyone. 'My Mum drove four hours to come see me because I didn't message anyone back. I went into a cave, and I was so scared to come out of that cave.' It comes after Andrew unfollowed Tasha on Instagram following her revelations about their split in her new book. Andrew appeared to take a swipe at the dancer while answering a series of fan questions on Snapchat on Monday. When asked how he dealt with the 'different negative narratives' surrounding their breakup, he hinted: 'Let's just say I've had to bite my tongue with all of it. Truth always comes out at some point right?' Fans also asked whether he'd consider starting a podcast, saying his 'voice should be heard,' but he replied: 'To be honest it's not my thing. We're done and I'm moving on.' Tasha recently revealed that 'cracks began to appear' in her relationship with Andrew during her stint on Strictly Come Dancing. Explaining what went wrong in her new book, she said the show meant they were spending less time together. It comes after Andrew unfollowed Tasha on Instagram following her revelations about their split in her new book. Andrew appeared to take a swipe at the dancer while answering a series of fan questions on Snapchat on Monday The reality star said she 'knew it wasn't right' but declared it was hard to walk away from a relationship where she had considered marriage and children. She said: 'I knew deep down it wasn't right. There were a lot of tears and it was a really hard time. 'Andrew was the man I was going to marry. We had discussed having children.' Addressing the split again last month, Tasha said she was the one to end the relationship with estate agent Andrew, and she is now looking forward to the next chapter of her life. She told The Mirror: 'It's a new chapter. It's a new beginning and it's all about embracing that, and that's what life is about.' For Tasha, this new chapter involves continuing her dancing and modelling work, which are set to reach new heights after her Strictly success, her as well as her book. While the exact reason for the split has not been publicly revealed, Tasha said a lot of things 'went on behind the scenes'. She said: 'Break-ups happen in life. Just because ours is in the 'public eye' doesn't make it any different.' Tasha, who has raised awareness of deafness since appearing on Love Island, also addresses her disability in the book. She said: 'It's a long process, but it's really about having people out there, in other people to help them find their self-confidence with their disability.' In a new interview in the wake of the 'heartbreaking' break-up, Tasha told of her huge regret at creating a Raya dating profile immediately after the split which reportedly left her ex 'blindsided', with the beauty deleting it very soon after. She told The Sun: 'I think at the time, I made a silly mistake. I did it way too soon. It was just a heat-of-the-moment kind of situation. Everyone makes mistakes. And in that situation, I did and I own up to that. 'Unfortunately, that's something I just have to put my hands up and say: 'Tasha, it was way too soon.' It is what it is. I can't turn back time, but I've learned from that.' Meanwhile, the blonde beauty reflected on the 'emotional' break-up with Andrew as she revealed the real reason for the split. She explained: 'It is hard. Any break-up is hard. I spent so much time with Andrew. We were together for two-and-a-half years. We had a house. We got our dog Luna together in 2023. It was heartbreaking. But sometimes you just grow apart, and that's what happened.' Tasha added that the couple 'didn't end badly at all' and are in fact 'still in touch' as they have to communicate about their shared dog Luna, who they 'co-parent'. She went on to say how much she still 'cares' about Andrew but acknowledged that the two are now on 'different paths' in their lives.
