Alongside your doctor
Your doctor, nurse practitioner or midwife knows your history and your tests. We do not stand in for them. We add one more kind of care, and we try to keep everyone in the loop.
Many of our patients are already seeing someone about menopause: a primary care doctor, a gynecologist, a nurse practitioner or a midwife. Some take hormone therapy or other medicines. That is a good place to start, and we keep it that way.
We never ask you to stop or change a medicine. If you want to change one, speak to the person who prescribed it.
How we work together
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Step 1: You tell us who looks after you
At your first visit we ask for your doctor's name and what you take, including supplements.
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Step 2: We plan around what is already in place
We choose visits and points that fit the care you have, and tell you what we plan before we start.
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Step 3: We write to your doctor, if you ask
A short note: what we did, what you told us and anything we would like them to look at.
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Step 4: You bring changes back to us
A new medicine, a new test result or a change in how you feel changes what we do. Tell us at the next visit.
Bring to your first visit
Your list of medicines
Prescriptions, over-the-counter products and supplements, with doses if you know them.
Your doctor's name
And the practice's phone number, if you would like us to write to them.
Recent test results
Only if you have them and want to share. We will not ask you to hunt for anything.
See a doctor before you book if
Bleeding after menopause
Any bleeding after a full year without a period needs a doctor first.
Very heavy or sudden bleeding
Soaking through pads or tampons in an hour, or bleeding between periods that is new for you.
Chest pain or a racing heart
Call 911 for chest pain, trouble breathing or fainting.
A new lump or a sudden change
A lump in a breast, a sudden severe headache or a change you cannot explain.
- If you are in crisis, call or text 988 (the Suicide and Crisis Lifeline), any time. In an emergency, call 911.
Book a first visit
When you are ready, tell us when you are free and how to reach you.