Your Doctor Said WHAT About Perimenopause?!

I've been there, heard that, and seen it before. Enough is enough and I am here to help YOU feel heard. Perimenopause is a valid step to approaching menopause and I have researched day and night to create The Galveston Diet so that you feel prepared. So, what do you say we eat an apple a day and shoo any doctors who've said this away?

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- About Dr. Mary Claire Haver and The Galveston Diet -
Dr. Mary Claire Haver is board certified in Obstetrics and Gynecology and is a Certified Culinary Medicine Specialist from the American College of Culinary Medicine. She is a Louisiana State University Medical Center graduate and completed her Obstetrics and Gynecology residency at the University of Texas Medical Branch (UTMB). She is also a Certified Menopause Specialist through The Menopause Society.
Dr. Haver was a clinical professor at UTMB and The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston. Dr. Haver has served as a Hospitalist, Associate Residency Director, and Assistant Professor in her career. In 2021 she opened Mary Claire Wellness, a clinic dedicated to caring for the menopausal patient.
Dr. Haver has amassed over 3 million followers across social media by posting advice for women going through menopause. She understands that menopause healthcare is in dire need of change and is proud to be leading the conversation.
Her educational background and her own experience led Dr. Haver to develop the national bestselling book and online program, The Galveston Diet, and is the New York Times #1 Bestselling Author of The New Menopause, a quintessential guide to navigating the menopausal transition and life after reproduction ends.

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[Bethany_Sue]

I have been having most of peri menopause symptoms for the last year and went to my gyno with my concerns a couple weeks ago. She said you are not in it, your to young, you can still have babies easily, you need birth control pills to even out your cycle and you need to diet. She said “I always tell my friend it’s easier to not eat then to meal plan”. So if she doesn’t have time she just fasts. Then she informed me that all my symptoms are annoying at best but not life threatening so you can try the birth control or just deal with it. Birth control has always messed me up bad so after we were done having kids my husband got a vasectomy. Left the apt and cried in my car. Ran into you online and feel better about life! Thanks!!!

[Racheltamayo]

Omg love your channel! Thank you 🙏🏻 There is so little real and helpful info out there- not sure why but so thankful for you!

[breakingpoint]

I had a doctor tell me I wasn't qualified to diagnose myself because I don't have a medical degree.... um excuse me? I that it was called self advocating.. also if you had to whip out the Ole you're not the one with a medical degree bit, you probably suck at your job and chances are you already know it. Thank you for giving silenced suffering women their voices back!

[daniellerodriguez]

Thank you for this I am 48 and I have been extremely emotional hot flashes it's really bad I cry literally all the time

[barbieblue]

I was just thinking, I wish people had "warned" me when I was younger how bad periods can be. It affected my college, jobs, life. Some women don't have these issues. Some do.

Same with meno. Peri was worse than meno, thankfully.

[latashashevlin]

Yes, at 43 my doctor told me I was too young as well. I went to my OBGN 6 months later and they were like yep you’re perimenopausal.

[MYMIDLIFEEDIT]

My gyno left me naked on the table for 50 minutes before coming into the room. I already had a full head of steam when she and her assistant came in.. I had a list of symptoms and questions which must have exasperated the doctor.. how dare I have questions! She cut me off and proceeded to SCOLD and SHAME me for advocating for myself! I am 53 and in the full throws of perimenopause. I am normally very composed, but my rage was too much. I hopped off the table before she could even start an exam. I scolded HER for being an ass and left the office. Needless to say, SHE. IS. FIRED! Prayers to all.

[desireemccurdy]

OM goodness... thank you for raising awareness.

[danielapetrache]

Oooo, YEES! true, true...and we sufer until we find doctors like you! THANK YOU!🌞🌹❤️🌻

[SoCalRegisteredNurse]

I’m 49, doc said I was in perimenopause. Estradiol makes me retain water no matter how much I drink. She told me to go get estroven cream at the drugstore when I asked to have my estradiol adjusted

[praying]

So disgusted with the our healthcare industry. As a nurse who was indoctrinated in 1992 but has since woken up I am angry at the gaslighting. 5 gynes later ..want to do ufe, mirena, tah bso...I only wanted a way to shrink fibroids, decrease bad high estrogen and take compounded progesterone...one said I don't know how to order it. Would only order 100mg cause it's not "fda" approved....I said I don't need my caps to look like superman (dyes) or have titanium dioxide. She said she can no longer help me. I have found D.I.M. and it helped. Thanks for listening Dr. I respect you immensely.

[kkr]

I sought help for severe hot flashes, among other symptoms, at a women’s health center at age 46. I was in tears. The hot flashes were every 30 minutes or so throughout the day, sending heat to my face which felt like it was crackling!! I had night sweats all night. I was so miserable, I was just despondent. I was told I was too young to be entering menopause, so should try MEDITATION.

[greenleavesofsummer]

Most of these I’ve been told. I’m still trying to find a Dr. Who can help me w BHRT! NOT HRT! MY mother suffer further taking HRT. Why not BIOIDENTICAL HORMONES?

[patriciagiles]

Who cares abt the suffering of us women, right? But at some point men can't get it up, anymore? Well this is unacceptable! Let's spend gazillions of research dollars for the "fix a flat" pill. 😖🙄

[nicolejohnson]

I was 35 then and my doctor said I was too young there was a list of symptoms on the wall poster of menopause I said that I have that and he ignored me … I found a doctor that would listen to me

[kirstenkk]

3 years after my last period I asked my female DO about checking my hormone levels because couldn't lose weight after gaining some. She said, "I can guarantee your levels are low but if you're not have severe symptoms then there isn't much to worry about". 🙄

[BravoFam]

They’re jerks, they pretty much told me the second and 3rd ring just like that😢

[kathleenbradley]

Yeah, I've heard a lot of those and the sad thing is my doctor is a woman. She tried to put me on an anti-psychotic because I had hyperthyroidism and menopause at the same time. Yes I was a little emotional but for the love of God who wouldn't be?

[jeandalponte]

Thank you! Love what your doing. I’ve had 2 doctors deny me hormones

[stasiacollins]

I asked my doctor about natural supplements for perimenopause. He explained that my uterus was, and I quote, "like a lawn mower that won't start, and then on a hard tug it may start up eventually"...I laughed loudly, I couldn't help it!