How To Prepare For Your First Menopause Doctor Visit

Zora Benhamou

We covered:

  • My personal experience getting started with menopause

  • How to decide when to get help

  • How do you know if you’re in perimenopause

  • How to find a menopause doctor

  • Questions you must ask the doctor

  • Questions the doctor must ask you

  • What happens when ovarian hormones decline

  • Risks of not treating hormone deficiency

  • How and where to apply hormones

  • Menopause treatments to avoid

  • Oral vs transdermal estrogen

  • How to initiate shared informed decision making

  • Steps to take before you leave the appointment

  • Do you need to test and if so, what?

Women’s International Pharmacy womensinternational.com

Professional Compounding Centers of America https://www.pccarx.com/Resources/FindACompounder

Find a menopause doctor: https://hackmyage.com/find-a-menopause-doctor/

Menopause symptoms: https://hackmyage.com/most-common-and-uncommon-menopause-symptoms/

List of questions for you and your doctor: https://hackmyage.com/how-to-prepare-for-your-first-menopause-appointment/

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