It's truly miserable. I was wholly unprepared. Because nobody talks about it.

And doctors literally have no clue. They keep telling my sister that her symptoms are from being overweight, and not from perimenopause, even though she's experiencing stereotypical perimenopausal symptoms at the stereotypical age. But her blood work looks "normal", so she must just be fat. And I'm sure the weight gain isn't related🤦‍♀️

The medical profession - especially gynecologists - should be absolutely ashamed of themselves.

Thank you for talking about it.