Re: Perimenopause bowels? Fed up!
Originally Posted by
Pearly queen
Thankyou. Not trying to get political but if men went through menopause, research and advancement in help for it would be much further along I think. We've been brought up to just get on with it, whisper 'it's the change' and don't embarass anyone by talking about it too much.
I had an elderly (soon to be retired) male gynae consultant - who sat in his big office and I kid you not, the b'stard SMILED as he told me that I had ZERO chance of ever becoming pregnant again!
I was 39!!
"Take HRT for ten years" was the sum of his advice.
I didn't take the HRT because of a cancer risk in my family, not that he ever enquired. Plus, I've been taken off the pill each time I tried it..
I've never forgotten it. Who the hell smiles at a woman as he's telling her that she's in ovarian failure?
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