Burnout and Medical Menopause
Kelly Swingler
Educating Coaches, Leaders and People Pros in the Burnout Academy | Global Burnout educator, author and keynote speaker
I was 41 when I had my first appointment with Newson Health and was immediately?prescribed HRT, testosterone, oestrogen and?progestogen, in fairly high doses that just kept rising over a period of months.
In that appointment I felt heard for the first time in nine years.
At 32, as a result of my first Burnout, I had developed severe Endometriosis and Chron's disease due to the stress my body had been under for a prolonged period of time.
By the time the stress had taken hold of my physically, what followed was seven months of hospital admittances due to the physical pain that was causing me to pass out.?
I once passed out at the top of the escalator at Liverpool Street Station from the street level to the concourse, and would have gone back to work if I hadn't ripped my clothes and instead headed straight home on the train and worked from the kitchen table for the rest of the afternoon.
Seven months after the physical pain had started to impact my body, I was in hospital and had two operations in 48 hours, one an endometrial ablation to remove the endometriosis, which immediately stopped my periods and put me straight into a medical menopause, something I wasn't aware of at the time.
It was a couple of years later and sitting in my GP surgery for some routine blood tests read more
Thank you for raising this important topic. Having experienced something similar with this dual phenomena, I can attest to the cluelessness that often happens with GP’s and the public in general which exacerbates the challenges that women face. Awareness, better education for GP’s but more importantly, more education and guidance for woman is needed so that they know when to stand their ground and speak up for their bodies. Many women just don’t know that they have options and that recognizing that their situation isn’t “normal” doesn’t make them crazy. Women have to learn to trust and listen to their bodies but media and public opinion often skew this perception. ?
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3 个月Such an important topic! Here for increasing awareness!