New GYN

I went to my appt. yesterday with a new GYN, Dr. F, and I am happy to report I really like her.  Her speciality is in menopause so I was very excited to talk with her about my symptoms.  I brought along all the bloodwork that was done in late 2010 by the RE and also a timeline of AF (or lack thereof) from the miscarriage up till now.  We sat in her office for the first 15 mins. of the appt going over my history and she reconfirmed for me that she thinks I am in menopause and that if I get one or two periods in the next year that would be it.  She also explained why it beneficial for me due to my early age of being in menopause that I do go on HRT - one to calm the hot flashes, two for bone health and cholestrol/heart and I still have another 8 or so years before I reach the "norm" age of menopause so I wouldn't have the concern of cervical cancer like most women worried about at that age. She also explained that it will help with my weight loss as well because the HRT will help with the way my body is storing fat which is mostly in my middle section (which I always thought the HRT would make me gain weight).  When we went to do my pap, I didn't mention to her about the polyp that Dr. G. (my old gyn) had seen back in late 2009 at that appt.  So, when she did notice it she took it right off...now way the HELL didn't Dr. G. do that??  She did say that 99% of the time those polyps are non-cancerous - good to know...Dr. G. never mentioned that.

So, I walked out of this appt. feeling much better about things overall and I really liked her personality and felt very comfortable talking with her.  I will be starting the HPT over this weekend - one will be a estrogen patch and the other an oral progestrin (which I shouldn't get any periods with, but might get some break thru bleeding).

She also said after looking at my FSH from that bloodwork that was taken in late 2010 and here we are almost a full year later that the only way I would be able to achieve a viable pregnancy now would be donor eggs.  I told her thanks for telling me (I knew this in my heart) and that we have made our decision to live a childless life and I said it with a smile on my face (which a year ago would have been so different).

I told her my plan for weight loss is 15-20 pounds and that I would be keeping a food/exercise journal, which she was thrilled with.  I found this on the web called MyFitnessPal.com and I started recording this past Monday...accountability is the key for me.  I did this many years ago with weight watchers and it worked, so if it works don't fix it, right.

The weekdays aren't going to be the hardest...it will be the weekends that will be tough for me.