Hi, I'm Woo, I'm 50 years old and I believe I may have found my rightful place in the world here!
OK so a little about me. I take Cerazette (mini pill) as contraception, which stopped my periods several years ago now, definitely a bonus. But at my age now, I wonder whether it's time for a pill break to see where I am. I suspect quite strongly that I may have reached menopause. I suffer with anxiety anyway, always have done, but I have noticed lately I am more irritable with it, and less patient in general. This in spite of my usual anti-anxiety meds. I appear to be gaining weight at a quite scary rate, I leave pools of sweat in the bed at night (I'm quite a catch!) and bruises and broken crockery are testimony to my utter clumsiness. But the main reason I have landed here is that I went to see my GP this morning because I am finding sex painful...I described it to her as feeling the like I did after giving birth when I had some small tears, very stinging and also at times itchy. (I thought I was getting thrush and applied cannisten, nearly shot through the roof!!)
I was quite upset after seeing the GP, she asked to examine me, didn't draw a curtain round the bed, just watched while I undressed. She did a quick examination, took a swab, told me I am drier than I should be so buy some KY Jelly, and dismissed me before I had my knickers back on. I know it's probably nothing to her, but I think I would have come away much happier with maybe 60 extra seconds of her time while she let me dress properly and reassured me that it's normal or something!
Anyway. Advice? Sympathy? Just general camaraderie so I don't feel like a total time waster?