The body communicates quietly before it is forced to communicate loudly.

The early messages are quiet ones. Tiredness that does not lift, a niggle that returns, sleep that stops working, appetite that changes. They are easy to explain away because each has an innocent explanation, and the louder version only arrives when the quiet one has been ignored long enough.

Pick the signal you have been explaining away for the longest and take it seriously this month. Not with alarm. Just with a proper look, which is usually all it needs.