30/07/2026
At the turn of the century when I had fully functioning hormones, with my mum who in this photo is exactly the same age as I am now.
The work I do in the perimenopause/menopause clinic is in part because of the difficult time my mum had during her own perimenopause/menopause and the extraordinary difference hormone therapy made in her life - it was literally life changing for her, in a time when very few doctors were prescribing hormone therapy, when nobody was talking about perimenopause or menopause as major life changing health events, and everyone was terrified of hormone therapy and breast cancer due to one large, poorly designed study (something we’re still trying to address).
I’ve had patients in the past tell me that they’re not sure if they believe that perimenopause exists, that it’s just a new thing that has been blown out of proportion because of social media. I can confidently tell patients that it’s certainly real, and that it’s absolutely not new, regardless of the big push from social media. I lived it through my mother’s experience (and now my own), back in the late 1900’s! 😉🩷
