In 2013, aged 47 (I am 56 now), I developed hormone-based breast cancer and had an urgent left-side mastectomy. I’m Canadian but I then moved to the UK because my boyfriend was British and I had a second breast reconstruction with a top surgeon here in Britain. My health was now fine. My boyfriend and […]
I am originally from Spain, but I have been living in the UK for the past ten years. When I arrived here at the age of 33, everything seemed to be going well. However, when I turned 35, I began to experience various challenges. I started having hot flushes, my confidence plummeted, and I struggled
As time has passed, it’s become increasingly clear to me how life-changing Dr Kalentzi’s treatment for my menopausal symptoms has been, as the second part of my story shows. During the 2020 lockdown, like many others, I started working from home. I live near the sea and often take walks on the beach. There’s always
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I first recognised some symptoms of what I now know as the menopause back in 2017. I was driving along a country lane and had an overwhelming feeling of fear and loss of control. I thought it best I stop the car, turn the engine off and take a breath, but I felt so strange.
In 2013, aged 32, very shortly after the birth of my third baby, I found myself in the unfortunate position of having had a full hysterectomy. I took the pamphlets thrust at me regarding the menopause and scuttled out of the hospital doors. Getting over the operation was relatively quick and easy for me, so
I’m telling my ‘Patient’s Story’ to let other women know how grateful I am to Dr Kalentzi for sorting out the insomnia I developed as a result of the perimenopause. Dr Kalentzi was the third doctor I saw for my problems and the only one who was able to help me. I started suffering from
I went to Dr Kalentzi after the doctors at my GP practice were consistently difficult about prescribing HRT for my menopausal symptoms. I was about 49 when I began getting heavy bleeding between periods. A consultant diagnosed fibroids. The bleeding, though heavy, was very intermittent and it wasn’t until I was 53 that I decided
I was 49 and in very good health, when I suddenly started getting symptoms that I thought were probably due to hormonal imbalances. I got hot flushes that came every twenty minutes. My body heated up as if I was in a sauna and my heart raced. Because the hot flushes occurred all through the
I was recommended to Dr Kalentzi’s perimenopause services by a colleague after struggling with physical symptoms from the age of 45. I went to see my GP who took blood tests and told me that because I was continuing to have a regular menstrual cycle I was not a candidate for any treatment. Furthermore, I
More and more women experience their perimenopause in their early 40s, however so many are misdiagnosed for a considerable length of time. In this video, Joanne shares her story on her journey with the perimenopause: Back to Patient Stories