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I know that some of you watch The View and may have heard Joy Behar talk repeatedly about her hot flashes and night sweats. Although she doesn't discuss her age, all reports indicate her age as 63 or older.

I thought menopause was when your body is adjusting from the female hormone leaving it. Once the adjustment is made, you settle down. How can a person in her 60's still be going through an adjustment? Doesn't menopause start and wrap up by 55?

My mother has complained of menopause symptons from the time she was in her 30's up and until today and my mom is 65. I just thought she was exagerating, besides she supposedly had a hysterectomy in her late 30..perhaps they left her ovaries.

How long does this take? 15 years of hot flashes and night sweats sounds a little too much. Is this normal?