Sorry girls, but I've just read the Daily Mail online (UK) and they've got a big article on how to' breeze' through the Menopause with articles running today and all of next week.
Great! We have someone in the Press on our side, at last. But hold on a minute, who are these 'Specialists' they refer to, who 'are urging......' us ladies?
As far as I'm concerned, to get to a Specialist in the UK you have to have some pretty major underlying problems to get referred to any specialist, let alone a Gynechologist specialising in all-things Peri/Meno!!
No doubt if you are happy to pay privately, you can see ANYONE to discuss ANY health issue: just most people don't have the money for this.
But more to the point: to see a Specialist you have to get a referral through a GP: there lies the problem. I'm sure there are many women on this forum who would agreed most know very little about this age-old phenomenon (been around as long as we've been around!) and treat it somewhat like a taboo.
I for one will be reading these artiles with interest. There's articles on HRT, research from the US, things we can take to help ourselves and, wait for it, even the perfect 'Menopause' Diet for us too!
We should feel totally indebted to the Daily Mail for highlighting this terrible, disgusting 'disease' ha, ha, ha!!!
No doubt I'll be reporting back next week with something to say about it. All I'll say today is: Specialists - huh! And lentils, tofu, miso - not for me ta
As usual, you make me laugh! Glad you saw the same article-thought it was a joke at first!
The part that made me really laugh was "On Monday, we reveal how you can carry on feeling — and looking — sexy through the menopause. Tuesday focuses on the many and varied symptoms, and how to tackle them." Really? Carry on feeling and looking sexy? Come on now! Maybe for some that is a high concern, but I'd rather find out how to level out the crazy mood swings, low libido and such.........haha!
"Sexy"? I'd settle for not feeling like I'm ninety years old....some days, a shower feels like a major accomplishment. And whatever advice they're going to provide with respect to dealing with the symptoms, I wish they'd shared it before now!
A friend of mine had just emailed me the link and by the time I finished reading it I felt even more stressed. Wow we girls would have time for doing our hair and make up if we've got to follow all of that. Oh and we'll all be broke. I with I would of read that 10 years ago when I was 40 - bit late to change my diet and life now lol x
Absolutely Wearykitty-can't believe (and perhaps it's just my being annoyed I'm not one of the ones that the article would acutally be useful for with such light issues-lol!) that more pressing topics were not mentioned to be discussed.
Perhaps they will, but making one the 1st topics about "looking and feeling sexy" is well....lack for a better term.....off putting to say the least. haha! Got bigger concerns at the moment!
Yes, i nearly choked up my soya granola breakfast! Cant wait for the expert recommendations! We girls at least have not lost our sense of humour (minds maybe, but still like to think we can smile about it)😋
I've lost my ability to spell let alone check I've put the correct word in a sentence - I just read my post again and realised why I'm no longer a secretary 😀
I've not seen the article but going to track it down! :-) I have a great doctor but I do think a lot of the time if you mention any aches pains tiredness etc etc etc it just gets blamed on the menopause and that's it, I've never had a proper conversation with anyone re menopause other than being told if it gets too much have HRT!
I'm with you on this one....being in sunny Australia, I can't speak to the medicos over there other than what I see from A& E programme, but not sure that is a reliable source Or accurate picture of UK health system.
I do however read the dailymail Uk daily and know exactly what you mean. One week, some or other diet is the new best thing, the following week another diet that claims the exact opposite.
Then there are those articles where red wine or coffee health benefits are lauded and the following week bashed as causing "potentially" terminal illnesses like strokes or altzheimers....
From my humble Aussie perspective, I do find lady Gp's very knowledgeable and helpful. Forget the men! I made the mistake of seeing a male dr on Monday last week and he was awful, wanted to prescribe an antidepressant for my perimenopause symptoms....Rejected his advice and saw a lady doctor the following day and hip hip hooray she said the "perimenopause" word and blood tests to follow in 2 weeks. I must give a shout out to the Aussie medical system....My experience of the medical system, referral to specialists etc has always been excelent. Except for women's issues, the proviso is go and see a woman or female gynae. I made the mistake of seeing a highly recommended male gynae 2 years ago and mentioned perimenopause and he reacted as if I had used a swear word! Really? I swore then, pun intended to only see women doctor's for us gal plumbing issues and so far so good, well except for that blip last Monday (and that was only cos my regular GP has inconveniently gone overseas).
I see the lady Gp again after blood tests and she was going to give me info on HRT and other options and I will let you gals know what she says. She attended a medical conference last week about HRT and a new study about HRT for over 50's being safe and not as risky as previously thought... but will update in 2 weeks.
Same Tracky. And if you mention menopause or read anything about menopause, it always talks about hot flushes, as if that is the only symptom you get with menopause. I know it is a major one and really difficult, but a lot of us are getting problems with so many more things.
I'm sand-blasting my legs and armpits, and trimming my 'tash & goatie, folding my bellies into my 'Bridget Jones' ', picking up my boobs from the floor and pouring them into my '50 Shades of Washing Grey' Wonder Bra.......just in case I get anything near a knee-jerking moment from their advice:-) !!!
Probably have celebrity Meno 'Cougars' like Madonna telling us to 'use it or lose it' when the only thing I've got in common with her is that I too sometimes forget my words and stumble occasionally, often with an audience:-) !!
One of my sisters lives in Sydney. The healthy one who did her Peri/Meno 'natural'. She had the cheek to moan that she's put on 'heaps' of weight: now weighing just under 9st!!! She got such sympathy from her 3 fat, ugly sisters back in the UK: welcome to our world 'sis!!! Tee Hee....:-)
Seriously, I get the impression she's very happy with the level of healthcare she pays for: there lies the answer - pay for what you use
Yep, our NHS is wonderful at A&E level - goes Belly Up the minute you leave the bed.....in the corridor of the bursting-at-th-seams A&E Dept or back of the over-spill ambulance!!!!
I woke up feeling a bit low this am-you are the perfect fix for that! I read your post here and have tears of laughter here! You are so right. Great one about Ms. Madonna.................Bwahaahaahhhaaa! Crazy.
I saw your comment on there, well done! I couldn't resist to add a few myself. Reading the comments on the article, really gives you some more insight as to how clueless the majority of males and surprisingly some females (oh boy one in particulart was a real humdinger! utterly clueless, since she had no issues, therefore if you read this article and "believe you won't have issues-problem solved" ((shaking head)) ) really about this topic.
Guess I was too until I got into what I hope is the tail end. I always had PMS so I know how hormone imbalance can rock you, but to write an article painting an idea that fixing one's diet and good grief last worry on my list is "feeling and looking" sexy right now, is a real disservice to all women. It's much more than this. The article actually made me appreciate my husband more, as he gets it, and between this site with you lovely ladies and him, I'll get through this eventually!
