u/Kindly_Piece_921

I have been a patient of Dr. Sarah Stadler since i moved here 10 years ago and just received notice that she is closing her practice this summer. It is a bummer to lose any doctor you have a good report with, but especially a gyno 😩

Anyway, I'm just starting peri menopause and am looking for a doctor who is well versed in this stage of life, rather than someone who mostly delivers babies and fills in open appt slots with older patients. We are going to have to trial-and-error our way through HRT and I need someone who is staying current with this subject matter. It seems like all the major practices have good reviews, but menopause literacy isn't easy to judge from the outside. Thanks!

Rant/rage is a bit strong, more like a vent.

I am 53, and last year my cycle got wonky so I figured I was in peri. Went to my annual checkup and after a suspect pap and then a biopsy, my doc determined one of my fibroids had gone rogue so she did a D&C to clean them up.

Six months out and my periods are right back on a perfect cycle, but side effects are still worse: headaches, weird digestion, bleeding gums.

I was having some mild hot flashes for a month or so over the winter, but they disappeared. Are my mood swings worse now then they've always been? Who knows, I've always been moody. Am I depressed? Ummm, have you seen the world right now? I have some weight around my middle that won't budge, but is it hormonal or do I just spend too much time dissociating on the couch?

I'm starting to suspect my uterus is pissed I have never been pregnant and has decided my punishment is to menstruate until I'm 70 🤦‍♀️

And to top it off, I got an email from my awesome ob/gyn that she is closing her practice at the end of the summer. I was looking forward to working through this process with her, and now my body took too long and I have to find a new doctor.

Honestly none of my "symptoms" would make me think I'm in peri except for my age being solidly on the far side of 50. I have my last annual with my retiring ob/gyn next month so she might be able to provide some clarity, but I know this is a process not a one appointment thing. Anyway, yeah, just venting, confused and frustrated that this process is still such a confusing frustrating obstacle course for all of us!