The doctor I saw was pleasant and kind, but also knowledgeable and helpful. She listened to my concerns and set up a plan for me. For the first time, I felt like I didn't need to plead my case with my doctor to get the menopause help I needed. And I didn't need to teach my doctor about menopause. This was a really positive experience.
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Cathy
Very comfortable
Mr provider is extremely helpful in navigating my personal needs. I also feel very comfortable with discussing things related to female issues.
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Jess
I’m back to myself!!
After being told by 2 doctors, one a gyno, that these changes in my body and my not feeling myself that it was all in my head, I started to research. Midi kept coming up. So I booked an appt. So easy. So fast. I was seen and put on HRT. The first night of being on it, I slept all night! No night sweats! The phantom cigarette smell that would burn and make me cry was gone in a few days. What a difference. I was finally heard. I felt validated and realized it wasn’t all in my head. I love the ease of appts and if I need to ask a quick question , I can email. I’ve had the same provider and she’s amazing. Appts get right to the point. Tweaks are made as needed. It’s been a year and I am back to myself. I’m so thankful for MIDI!
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Brynna M.
I'm so happy I found MIDI
I'm so happy I found MIDI! It is the first time in 12 years I felt heard by anyone in the medical field about issues I've experienced through menopause. I went through what has been labeled "premature ovarian malfunction" at age 36-38 and by 40 I was diagnosed as post menopausal. It took me four years to get a doctor to order hormone testing when I asked repeatedly feeling I must be going through menopause. Each doctor prior to that told me it was impossible and I was too young. The reality is 5% of women begin in their late 30s. That is 1 out of 20 women. How many of you know more than 20 women????
I know we were trained not to discuss menopause like it is something to be embarrassed about - despite the fact that 100% of women go through it!!!!
My doctor at MIDI explained that since I went through premature ovarian malfunction, my body "crashed" into menopause at an alarmingly fast rate. Which is why my symptoms were much more severe than most women.
It began with horrific mood swings. I felt hopeless, cried daily, and alienated friends and family at this time.
Then came the night sweats and hot flashes that continued for YEARS.
Of course my period was getting lighter and shorter through all of this.
When I told my doctors at the time they told me to "be grateful" my periods weren't as heavy and long as they had been prior and still dismissed the possibility it was menopause.
At age 39 my periods lasted less than a day and were extremely light. I told my ObGyn I was 99% sure it was menopause. I was still dismissed and told I was "way too young." It wasn't until a year later at my yearly when I informed her that my periods had completely ended that the hormone testing was finally ordered while being told I was probably starting perimenopause. That doctor looked at me with shock when the results came back and said "Actually, your levels came back as POST-menopausal".
I asked if I should start hormone therapy. They told me no... That I was too young and it would raise my risk of cancer. At age 44/45 the weight gain started. The heavy arthritis pain weighed in. The daily back and hip pain started. By age 47 I had degenerative disc disease including a herniated disc which meant I needed spinal fusion surgery to prevent paralysis.
After my spinal fusion, my hip pain increased. About a year ago this time I was barely able to walk, climb stairs, bend over. I even had to use a walker if I had to walk more than a few minutes.. I felt like I had aged 20 years in less than 5. All the cartilage in my left hip was gone and I underwent another surgery for a total hip replacement. And the weight kept adding. Despite an all protein diet, drinking lots of water and cutting all sugar, fried foods and soda out of my diet. Still doctors told me to just "eat better" to lose the weight.
I found MIDI in March of this year after going to my ObGyn in Buffalo asking for HRT after researching for years and determining all of my problems stemmed from lack of hormones. She told me I waited too long and couldn't go on them for it would cause cancer. Despite me explaining I had researched them, knew the risks and still wanted to try them.
Midi validated everything I believed. They told me had I started ten years ago I probably wouldn't have needed the spinal fusion nor the hip replacement. They also validated that previous research about HRT causing cancer is false.
I finally am taking the HRTs my body has needed and I have asked for... For 10+ years!!!!
All of you who are experiencing menopause symptoms I strongly recommend them. They have virtual visits, order labs, bone density scans, etc and call in prescriptions for you. And they specialize in MENOPAUSE.
I hope this helps some of you because God knows I needed help like this for over a decade and couldn't get it.
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Donna B.
I have been extremely happy with my…
I have been extremely happy with my Midi experience! My provider is so attentive to my physical, mental, and emotional health! She is very knowledgable about female heath.
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Jessie C.
Very good experience with Midi Health
It has been so good having online meetings with a clinician, where we can discuss HRT, and where I can ask any questions I have. It has been very easy to schedule visits. I appreciate the comprehensiveness of the pre-visit questionnaires, and the knowledge and experience of the clinician. Also the continuity of meeting with the same person each time.
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ila P.
Midi Health has done way more for me…
Midi Health has done way more for me than the Virginia Women's Center ever did. Rachel Freeman is super caring, kind, and she really listens.
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DEANNA B.
Best decision I made for myself
I felt heard! My care provider ensured that she covered every concern and went into details for my treatment and how she expected it to wor