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Penny Pijnenberg

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233 total appearances

Appearances Over Time

Podcast Appearances

The Dr Louise Newson Podcast
61 – Living with untreated urinary symptoms

And the other gap is, and I've seen this with my mother, is because of medication and treatments and the protocol for the doctors that you probably know better, but also in the homes, is they will try and keep you alive as long as possible.

The Dr Louise Newson Podcast
61 – Living with untreated urinary symptoms

But I've also thought about to what extent, you know, looking at my, again, at my mother, the amount of medications she was taking.

The Dr Louise Newson Podcast
61 – Living with untreated urinary symptoms

taken for all these different diseases and symptoms.

The Dr Louise Newson Podcast
61 – Living with untreated urinary symptoms

And she was prescribed medication for the side effects of other, you know.

The Dr Louise Newson Podcast
61 – Living with untreated urinary symptoms

That whole, what I was saying earlier, like this whole project manager mind that I think is anyway lacking in a lot of industries.

The Dr Louise Newson Podcast
61 – Living with untreated urinary symptoms

But also, so I was a caretaker for my mother in the last few years of her life and her palliative care.

The Dr Louise Newson Podcast
61 – Living with untreated urinary symptoms

phase and I've also gotten a lot of experience and insights and besides hormones, I'm also trying to raise a little bit of awareness about that.

The Dr Louise Newson Podcast
61 – Living with untreated urinary symptoms

And again, I'm seeing, I don't know how it is here in Great Britain, but in the Netherlands, they're saying about 5 million people are caretakers.

The Dr Louise Newson Podcast
61 – Living with untreated urinary symptoms

And a lot of people have to take care also and work their job.

The Dr Louise Newson Podcast
61 – Living with untreated urinary symptoms

And I bet, and I think I don't have statistics, but the majority is women.

The Dr Louise Newson Podcast
61 – Living with untreated urinary symptoms

But let's say even if it is equal, I think it's more, but...

The Dr Louise Newson Podcast
61 – Living with untreated urinary symptoms

Let's say that's still two and a half million.

The Dr Louise Newson Podcast
61 – Living with untreated urinary symptoms

You want to make sure women are healthy.

The Dr Louise Newson Podcast
61 – Living with untreated urinary symptoms

And also you want to make sure, because the other discussion, which I think is the same here, everybody's saying the health care system is collapsing.

The Dr Louise Newson Podcast
61 – Living with untreated urinary symptoms

Too many people are aging.

The Dr Louise Newson Podcast
61 – Living with untreated urinary symptoms

And it's a blind spot.

The Dr Louise Newson Podcast
61 – Living with untreated urinary symptoms

So we need people to stay healthy.

The Dr Louise Newson Podcast
61 – Living with untreated urinary symptoms

Also, we need people to work for the economy.

The Dr Louise Newson Podcast
61 – Living with untreated urinary symptoms

We need people to take care.

The Dr Louise Newson Podcast
61 – Living with untreated urinary symptoms

And we have a health care system that's collapsing.