Kuala Lampur, Oct. 8 -- Being put into early menopause feels like a high-speed train to Geriatric City.

Cutting off my hormone supply so my cancer doesn't get a chance to return is necessary but the premature ageing bit is not fun.

My eyes are dry, my joints creak and I struggle to stand upright and walk in more than an awkward shuffle.

Speaking of my eyes, I have postponed switching to multifocals for years, instead pushing up my glasses into my hairline so I can stare at my phone screen.

This is where I apologise to my father for always finding it amusing when he did the same when I was much younger.

I woke up Wednesday morning to find one stem of my spectacles' nose guards had snapped cleanly off.

It happened the day after pay da...