Hi all, glad to find this forum
I’m nearly 49 and have been thinking i could be peri for a while as over the last year my previously very regular periods have become erratic and my skin and hair has become very crap. Also have night sweats during period and have trouble keeping a hold of my emotions. This month I finally decided to ask dr about going on hrt, I got a lovely female dr who asked me all sorts of questions, one of which was do I ever have any mid cycle bleeding. I said yes very occasionally because I have had a couple of instances over the past year where I’ve bled for a day mid cycle, I thought was due to my periods being a bit haywire, but the dr seems very concerned and said I would need an internal exam and if that looked ok she would get me started on hrt.
Anyway I had to wait 2 weeks for appointment for cervical exam, she said that all looked fine, asked me more questions about the mid cycle bleeding and I again told her it was only a couple of times over the course of a year but she said she can’t start me on hrt until I’ve had an ultrasound, and there’s an 8 wk wait for one! I’m glad that she’s obviously a very thorough dr but I just feel like she’s attaching too much importance to the bleeds and I don’t for one minute think there is anything sinister going on. I’m just disappointed I now have to wait ages to start hrt
