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Penny Pijnenberg

πŸ‘€ Speaker
233 total appearances

Appearances Over Time

Podcast Appearances

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

So I discussed that with my gynecologist and I'm so glad that she was actually, she said, that's fine.

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

Here you have a longstanding prescription and just experiment yourself.

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

Because I also see a lot of women in that support group in different countries where their doctors just refuse to prescribe more.

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

Or they're saying, oh, it's not helping, but it's probably because they don't, you know, they need more.

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

So it took me a year.

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

I needed it at least five times a week.

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

And now it's all under control and I was able to reverse it.

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

But it's so, I basically, so that was 2023 when I got properly diagnosed and then it took another year.

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

So now that was 14 years of, yeah, wasted a little bit.

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

Yeah.

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

Yeah, I have the whole picture now, including testosterone, which has been the last thing to really help it.

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

And now I can really do it two nights a week.

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

Yeah, with the vaginal hormones.

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

Yeah, but I'm never coming off them.

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

Some friends in my circle of women, I've told them, one who had recurring bladder infections, I said, you need to go and get a prescription for this.

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

And she started another friend who had some issues, who had some doubts about starting hormones, but she was really happy.

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

And it's like, everybody needs to know about this.

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

You know, if this was a male problem,

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

I always try to explain.

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

So let's see how this was, if this was an issue men have, right?