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Menopause Discussion => All things menopause => Topic started by: rosie c on July 07, 2014, 06:37:07 AM

Title: menopause on breakfast tv
Post by: rosie c on July 07, 2014, 06:37:07 AM
Just caught a young gp on bbc1 breakfast news. They are now bringing  a check list out for gps to remind them off the symtoms of menopause. She mentioned irregular periods and hot flushes, well ...yeah ?  A 12yr old boy could probably tell you that  from them symtoms!! its SO much more. :'( :(  At least my Gp has admitted he is not up to speed HRt.  :-\
Title: Re: menopause on breakfast tv
Post by: rosie c on July 07, 2014, 06:38:38 AM
Hes not up to speed WITH Hrt ... I mean !
Title: Re: menopause on breakfast tv
Post by: Galadriel on July 07, 2014, 10:34:09 AM
I saw the tweet about the item and rushed to tune in. Needn't have bothered. Like you say rosie c, a youngster could have told you all those symptoms.  ::)

I wonder what will be on the check list?
Title: Re: menopause on breakfast tv
Post by: honeybun on July 07, 2014, 11:33:22 AM
Not a lot I would suspect.

Cynical.....who me  ::)


Honeyb
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Title: Re: menopause on breakfast tv
Post by: CLKD on July 07, 2014, 11:40:09 AM
It's getting people talking though ………  ;) maybe send an e-mail to the Producers?
Title: Re: menopause on breakfast tv
Post by: rosie c on July 07, 2014, 07:00:39 PM
The young gp said "because its not an illness, it gets over looked." Too right !! it may not be an "illness" but it sure as hell feels like a few illness' thrown together! we women have been bloody short changed for too long ! If men were going through "The Change," attitudes of doctors and society as a whole would be different. Sorry to rant but its true.!
Title: Re: menopause on breakfast tv
Post by: Joyce on July 07, 2014, 10:55:35 PM
You rant away, we all feel similarly. High time GPs got their facts straight & showed a little bit more sympathy.
Title: Re: menopause on breakfast tv
Post by: rosie c on July 09, 2014, 10:16:20 AM
Sparkle... i had a very frank and to the point talk with my gp, where i felt like i knew more than him ! he admitted he wasnt up to speed and said go and have a chat with the lady doctor !! How patronising. ! she was the reason i was talking to him in the first place, because she was so bloody useless.!! hence i am now going to pay for a private consultation with a specialist !!! fingers crossed.
Title: Re: menopause on breakfast tv
Post by: Joyce on July 09, 2014, 09:26:32 PM
Shame you're going to have to pay. But maybe once you've seen someone first time it will effectively bump you up a list & you can be seen by same consultant under the NHS in future.