Something landed hard for me this week, and I want to bring it in here, because you're the room I trust with it. Most doctors get about one hour of menopause training in all of medical school. One hour, for the transition half of us will live through. So if you've ever walked out of an appointment feeling dismissed, brushed off, told it was "just stress," here's what I need you to hear. That was never about you being dramatic, or difficult, or wrong. It was a gap in the room. You were asking people who were never taught the answer. It's Perimenopause Awareness Month, which feels like exactly the right time to say this out loud, together. So tell me, as short or as real as you want: how many doctors did it take before one of them finally took you seriously? Or what were you told it was, before someone said perimenopause? Drop it below. I'll read every one, and I'll reply to each of you. You're not the only one. You never were.