Wife Penny Lancaster says, “My blood was boiling,” and Rod Stewart helped her deal with the “inferno” of menopause.

After first experiencing menopausal symptoms at age 49, Lancaster stated, “I was waking up every night, sweating head to toe, and I was initially misdiagnosed with depression.”

In a Thursday, June 20, interview with The Times, 53-year-old Lancaster talked about some of her symptoms and shared how her husband Rod Stewart helped her manage after she was initially given the incorrect diagnosis of depression.

The 49-year-old model and TV celebrity told how, shortly before the COVID-19 epidemic began in March 2020, she “found that one night after another, I was waking up, sweating head to toe.” Now, she was suffering the first signs of menopause.

At the time, she and Stewart, 79, were at their Florida home. The couple was married in 2007 after first meeting in 1999.

Lancaster clarified, saying, “It wasn’t just a little discomfort in the night.” At the time, Lancaster believed she had COVID-19. I felt as though I was standing in a pit of fire and that this inferno was growing as I was on top of the covers.

My feet were the first to get hot, then my legs. My blood seemed to be boiling, as though I could feel it coursing through my veins. She said, “I could feel it rising, getting closer to my heart and into my mind.

Therefore, even though we had air conditioning, so it wasn’t hot in the house, I would wake up to the heat and fire and find myself on top of the bedcovers, eventually cooling down. Of course, I would then wake up again, freezing cold because my skin was damp from the air conditioner and then cold. Back beneath the blankets after that. Also, this was a never-ending loop for times a night,” the policewoman added.

Though she believed she was too young, Lancaster’s colleagues panelists on the British chat show Loose Women at the time indicated it may be menopause.

Her problems worsened when Lancaster, Stewart, and their two kids, Aiden, 13, and Alastair, 18, returned to their home in the United Kingdom at the end of March 2020.

During supper one night, Lancaster disclosed that Stewart, the father of eight children, took a long time to sit down, and she ultimately threw the plates “across the kitchen.”

“I was unable to control it anymore. I wanted to avoid hurting anyone. I was not going to injure myself. However, I thought it was approaching that stage,” she said.

“I broke down into a heap on the floor, started crying, and shook in the corner. Rod and the lads were obviously shocked beyond belief. Rod just said, “Guys, go to the other room.” “Leave Mummy,” Lancaster murmured to her spouse.

She didn’t get any answers until the Loose Women panelists conducted an intervention and suggested menopause expert Dr. Louise Newson.

The excellent news caused me to cry,” Lancaster said to the publication. It was exactly that.

My family can remain united. I believed that everything was collapsing.

Stewart “dealt with it very well,” according to Lancaster.

She was finally weaned off the antidepressants by Dr. Newson, who also recommended hormone replacement treatment (HRT). Lancaster reported feeling better “almost immediately.”

I was able to sleep through the night and avoid having wet bedsheets in just a week or two. After that, I was just encouraged and able to go about my day. I was more confident and energetic,” she remarked.

The hammock made of chickens was retired. That is no longer present. However, as I am, that was a significant event to think back on and be able to discuss.

The menopause, according to the Mayo Clinic, is the period of time when your menstrual periods stop. Mood swings, hot flashes, difficulty sleeping, weight gain, and hair thinning are some of the symptoms.