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One thing I admire Newsom for is she's a good business woman, she now has dozens of GPs and nurses working for her in posh locations around the country charging consultant gynae (Harley St) prices for ten minutes with a GP or nurse, hats off to her for making a shed load of money. Beyond that, if I'm paying consultant gynae prices I want to see a consultant gynae. I think she's cavalier and a one trick pony, but she's done some good with education and empowering women to demand better care, that's about it. I have histamine intolerance and my gynae specialises in this area, Newsom send their f**k ups to her, one lady with serious mast cell over activation on SIXTEEN PUMPS of oestrogel from Newsom, histamine jitters wrongly interpreted as formication by a Newsom GP! My sis in law sees Nick Pannay in person, she had a hysterectomy young, dreadful treatment NHS. Pannay has her on 2 x 100 estradot plus extra gel to keep her blood levels at 700 pmol, he utterly transformed her life. He insisted on regular tests and has expertly dealt with the GP. She's a poor absorber. We are not all alike!
Agree about messaging, and indeed the standard advice is 200mg, but a good gynae will listen to and work with a patient. My gynae will sometimes say things like 'that's at the edges of safe, I'd prefer not to do that, let's think about X instead' or whatever, but providing I'm testing (190 pmol on 7 pumps of oestrogel, pretty safe to say I'm not suffering from an excess of unopposed oestrogen!) and having scans, and more to the point feeling good, not having excess bleeding etc, then she uses her medical knowledge, the research and ... drumroll ... clinical signs and symptoms to actually practice medicine!
The other thing I was told (I have other health issues, that I largely had to figure out myself) is that people on internet forums are not the 'norm' - people who are well and happy are off living their life, not posting on the internet, so already before we start, the experience is skewed. I wouldn't be able to manage any of this without the help and supervision of a doctor I trust, who will be my partner and work with me to figure things out. I haven't ever seen my GP on meno, I only deal with a specialist.
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