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Dr. Amber Hull's avatar

I’m currently studying to take The Menopause Society certification exam in June. Unfortunately, physicians receive poor training in midlife women’s health/menopause if they receive any training at all. But there are a growing contingent of physicians like me who are on a mission to learn and teach this medicine.

You can find a Menopause Society certified clinician by searching this database. https://portal.menopause.org/NAMS/NAMS/Directory/Menopause-Practitioner.aspx

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Andrea Hoffmann's avatar

Awesome.

I hope more physicians follow suit.

The training they’ve received thus far has been woefully inadequate.

Maybe we can talk about the new training in a coauthored piece.

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Dr. Amber Hull's avatar

I would love to work with you on this!

I published an article called “The Smart Man’s Guide to Getting Laid in Middle Age.” It was a clever headline to get men to read and care about peri/menopause. It’s been read over 11,000 times.

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Andrea Hoffmann's avatar

Yes! Let’s absolutely connect and collaborate!!

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Lindsey Smith | Not Normal's avatar

What an incredible resource- thank you!!

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Andrea Hoffmann's avatar

You’re welcome!!

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Jennie O'Connor ❌👑's avatar

OMG this is so good! What an absolute godsend of a list!! Thank you for putting it together (and who says your a graphic design noob?!)

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Andrea Hoffmann's avatar

Ha! Thank you! The struggle is real. It took me 3 tries to get the right hex color.

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Migraine Girl 🧠's avatar

I absolutely love this post! Being in the Migraine space, I know all about being treated like a hysterical woman!

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Andrea Hoffmann's avatar

Thank you. [And booo to that.].

<sigh>

It’s not easy.

That’s why when you find a good doc, you have to hold on with both hands!

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Migraine Girl 🧠's avatar

Exactly!

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Michelle Buck's avatar

I was fortunate. I heard a podcast from Marie Claire Haver MD and she talked about estrogen. I learned about the directory that the menopause society had and I found a doctor in that network that listened to me! She prescribed me estrogen. As I was on it, I had some issues and eventually found out that I had a very large fibroid. It was too big to remove (no wonder I felt like shit) so they had to do a hysterectomy. It was a hard time but I made it through and I’m feeling so much better! The estrogen helps me a lot.

HRT gets a bad rap due to a faulty study done that doctors took to heart. Now doctors are using bio-identical hormones to treat women. I suggest reading The New Menopause. It really helped me.

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Andrea Hoffmann's avatar

I agree. Dr. Haver is a goddess among women. Her work is so pivotal in the care and treatment of women. Glad you're feeling better!

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Kristin Noland's avatar

Is there another way to download this other than to Google Docs?

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Andrea Hoffmann's avatar

It’s a PDF, so you should be able to pull it into Adobe, Powerpoint, Word, etc.

If not, DM me your email address and I’ll send it to you directly.

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Kristin Noland's avatar

Mine went straight to Google Docs. :(

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Andrea Hoffmann's avatar

When it opens in Google Docs, hit FILE > DOWNLOAD> and pick the format and location.

That should save it locally as a pdf.

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