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Melinda French Gates: "It took me three doctors to really diagnose" my perimenopause symptoms
Melinda French Gates recalled to Norah O'Donnell on "Healthful" that she started getting perimenopause symptoms in her early 40s.
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Melinda French Gates' experience with perimenopause symptoms highlights the challenges of diagnosis and treatment. French Gates began experiencing symptoms in her early 40s, a time when she had recently finished having children. This timing may have contributed to her initial disbelief about the onset of perimenopause. It took multiple medical consultations, involving three doctors, for French Gates to receive a proper diagnosis and suitable treatment.
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