Let’s Talk About Perimenopause Everything Hurts podcast

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Women don’t talk about perimenopause. And, sadly, their doctors don’t either (research states it’s due to lack of preparedness). So, in this episode, Danielle and Cheryl do just that. They commiserate about dry skin and frizzy hair, insomnia and lack of sex drive, heart palpitations and hot flashes. Pick your poison. They offer advice to their younger listeners on how to prepare for perimenopause, what to expect, and they talk a little about the frustration this age group experiences when dismissed as they speak up about symptoms occurring (“Oh, you’re just getting older”). Danielle gets candid about her fibroid cyst surgery, which led to her hysterectomy, and Cheryl admits actually mourning the end of her menstrual cycle as the end of a very long life chapter. The takeaway: open a line of communication about reproductive health and what’s coming around the corner is important.

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Links/studies mentioned in this episode:

National Institute on Aging more than 1 million American women experience menopause each year, defined as passing 12 months without a period

Survey published in 2019 in Mayo Clinic Proceedings on physicians’ preparedness to deal with patients’ menopause

Chapters

1. Let’s talk about perimenopause (00:00:00)

2. Real friends remember friends’ doctors appts (00:01:55)

3. What no one told us about perimenopause, even our moms (00:02:17)

4. 93% of doctors/gyns aren’t prepared to talk to patients about perimenopause (00:03:57)

5. When your symptoms aren’t textbook (00:04:48)

6. What’s a hot flash? And why did Cheryl get cold ones. (00:04:55)

7. Sex drive – ups and downs (00:05:28)

8. Why are we dismissed when we bring up symptoms? (00:08:20)

9. Hysterectomies and perimenopause trajectory (00:10:58)

10. Freeze your eggs – just do it (00:12:25)

11. Danielle’s fibroid cyst surgery (00:13:35)

12. Mourning the loss of your period – it’s OK (00:16:00)

13. Other random symptoms linked to peri – PVCs, GERD, and more (00:17:09)

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