The Perimenopause Blog

I found out last Wednesday (20th April) that we had been nominated in the 'Heart of the Community Award' in the Teeside heat. I was asked to keep quiet until today so that all of the candidates had been made aware. If you know me, you know this is not easy for me but I… Continue reading Shortlisted for the North East Business Awards 2022- by Gaynor

Following on from the high of being on BBC breakfast news I received a message from Philippa Goymer - Broadcast Journalist at BBC Radio Tees who had seen the piece on BBC breakfast news and wanted to speak to us regarding the HRT shortage. I of course said yes and arranged for someone to call me… Continue reading BBC Radio Tees coming to my home, ever get that sinking feeling? – by Gaynor

I woke up Thursday morning (14th April 2022) a bit dizzy as I was on a boat back from the Shetland Islands after visiting my brother. First thing I did was check my phone (hey I haven't had any network since 6pm the night before) and I had received a text from Zoe Conway saying… Continue reading We are on BBC news – by Gaynor

We are getting used to using the fantastic Stepping Stones Cafe in our home town. This is our official 2nd meeting there (We held one last week while BBC breakfast news interviewed us.) Following on from the 1st successful meeting we held on 10th March 2022, we are trying to follow a format and the… Continue reading Peri-Chat & More, lets talk supplements – by Gaynor

A few weeks ago we found out we had been nominated for a South Tees Health Watch Star Award. Honestly we were absolutely over the moon. Today we attended the awards ceremony at Inspire 2 Learn in Eston, its been a long time since events like these have taken place and it actually seemed a… Continue reading Nominated for our first Award…”yer joking aren’t ya” !!! – by Vicky

What a week! I got an email on Friday 25th March asking if BBC breakfast news could interview us as they wanted to do a piece on the HRT shortage and wondered if anyone in our group had encountered the problem. I immediately sent it to Vicky with the caption OMG, OMG, OMG. Abi, the… Continue reading Face for radio, voice for TV! – by Gaynor and Vicky

Break the Bias 2022 On 9th March 2022 we joined hosts Just Williams at Fusion Hive in Stockton to hold a Peri-Chat & More pop-up café.  This was one of five days of events held across the Tees Valley Region aimed at breaking the bias in gender quality, a subject massively close to our hearts.  … Continue reading International Woman’s Day (IWD) 2022 – by Vicky

We like to create live session about the subjects that are really bothering you. One of these that kept cropping up was to do with loss of libido, painful sex, vaginal dryness and bladder symptoms during perimenopause. While looking on linked in I found a lady called Dr Angela Wright who is a GP and… Continue reading Let’s talk about sex! – by Gaynor

Woke up this morning and pottering around doing the ironing and a general tidy up (got my motivation from somewhere, it can easily disappear as quick as it comes), my mobile rings. I do not usually answer numbers I don't know. I answered this one and it was Ben (I can't remember if that is… Continue reading What, I’m on the radio again

Well I'm still on it, I think! My symptoms started three years ago.  From the start of the covid pandemic they got a whole lot worse; exhaustion, brain fog, inability to concentrate, joint pain - to the point I couldn't even lift the kettle. Work was hard, I was slower and felt I couldn't do… Continue reading My HRT journey – by Vicky