hi ladies i assume there are no men on this site i have had a bad back for quite a few years which often coinsided with my period tried to tell the drs but they wont listen i have been on hrt for about 7 years plus for headaches and not sleeping they helped fix that but two years ago my back stopped hurting and my voice box got dry once a month tried telling drs i thought it was related did not listen again i have had loads of speech therapy and test nothing is wrong with me try telling my body that every four weeks , my speech problems vanished in may and slightley painfull back reappeared three weeks ago stood up and my back went into spasm guess what i had my period next day mid cycle , this saterday back is painfull again my period started iv been menopausal for iv forgot how long but no sweats flushes or irregular bleeding i hit 50 in feb and it now looks like my year irregular bleeding and heavy, back so bad i cant walk have been off work for three weeks got physio appointment i wonder if the drs will now listen oh i also now have pain down left leg all the time anyone else think it might be related