FIELD NOTES

Notes

Field notes from the years before the appointment. Short, sourced pieces on what to write down before your next healthcare conversation.

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appointment prep

The one page to fill in before you drive home

Ten minutes after you leave the appointment, the visit starts to fade. Here is the driv...

The MIDPOINT Team · · 3 min read

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appointment prep

The 3-line follow-up email that gets your provider to respond

The portal message that gets ignored is the vague one. The message that gets a real ans...

The MIDPOINT Team · · 2 min read

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brand

A note on the invisible middle

The years between reproductive life and menopause do not have a name that anyone uses. ...

The MIDPOINT Team · · 2 min read

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perimenopause

The perimenopause timeline nobody drew for you

Nobody drew you the perimenopause timeline. It is not in most patient handouts. Here ar...

The MIDPOINT Team · · 2 min read

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advocacy

The 15-minute appointment doesn't work for perimenopause

A standard primary care appointment is scheduled for fifteen minutes. Twelve minutes of...

The MIDPOINT Team · · 3 min read

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anxiety

Why anxiety spikes in perimenopause (the science)

The anxiety that shows up in perimenopause is different from earlier anxiety. It often ...

The MIDPOINT Team · · 2 min read

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advocacy

What to do when your doctor says 'that's just aging'

'That's just aging' closes more perimenopause appointments than any other phrase. It is...

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brain fog

Am I losing my mind? Perimenopause and cognitive changes

Walking into a room and forgetting why. Losing a word mid-sentence. Reading the same pa...

The MIDPOINT Team · · 2 min read

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What 28,400 women taught us about the years before the appointment

We have heard from more than twenty-eight thousand women. What they told us added up to...

The MIDPOINT Team · · 4 min read

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perimenopause

The 34 symptoms of perimenopause — and which are actually hormonal

Every article about perimenopause seems to have a different symptom list. Here is the m...

The MIDPOINT Team · · 2 min read

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A note on why we chose paper

We could have made an app. The technology existed. The market was clear. We chose paper...

The MIDPOINT Team · · 2 min read

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