Penny Lancaster grateful for Sir Rod Stewart's menopause support

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Gallery: ‘My mother and father didn’t know what to do!' Did you know these stars lived with epilepsy? (BANG Showbiz)Penny – who shares sons Alastair, 16, and Aiden, 11, with Rod - said: "I had a couple of major meltdowns.

I couldn't justify my feelings and emotions, couldn't pull myself out of it and would collapse into a ball of tears of frustration and scream, which is not like me at all. " The model started to experience hot flushes during the early days of the coronavirus pandemic and feared the worst initially.

Penny explained: "We were all terrified that anyone who gets (COVID) could die, and the fear of that exacerbated my feelings of anxiety. " She started receiving treatment in the form of hormone replacement therapy (HRT) but fears the current shortage in the UK will have a bad impact on her.

Penny said: "I needed a new prescription and they said, 'I'm sorry but we're out of stock. "I'm warning my husband and children I might take a reverse turn. " The shortage is expected to be solved by June but that is of little comfort to Penny.