32 Years To Diagnose: How To Get Healthcare To LISTEN To Women – With Naga Munchetty

Why are women’s health problems so ignored?🤝 Get your own personalised menopause support from Dr Naomi Potter and her team: https://www.menopausecare.co.uk/what-to-expect-ihihToday on Is It Hot In Here? Podcast, Dr. Noami Potter is joined by BBC presenter and journalist Naga Munchetty. In this powerful, emotional conversation, Naga reveals the decades she spent living with debilitating periods. The pain was so bad that she was regularly passing out, throwing up, and “bleeding half my life”. It took 32 years for Naga to be finally given an adenomyosis diagnosis. But why so long? And why can so many women relate to this story?In this conversation, Naga and Naomi talk about the need to better support women’s health – and how Naga’s own experiences will affect her in the next chapter of her life: menopause. In this episode, Naga opens up about:💥 Being dismissed and misdiagnosed by doctors💥 The pain and trauma of coil fittings💥 Why women's pain is so often minimised💥 Her journey into perimenopause and finding the right HRT💥 The fight to change NHS guidance on women’s health💥 How to advocate for yourself and speak to your Doctor If you’ve ever felt ignored, belittled, or frustrated by the system when it comes to your health, then this listen will be an hour well and truly spent. Naga and Naomi hope that you will come away feeling heard, reassured, and empowered to go to their own GP with the information needed to make a real impact for themselves. Follow Naga Munchetty below:Naga's Instagram: ‪@tvnagaNaga's new book It's Probably Nothing: Critical Conversations on the Women’s Health Crisis (and How to Thrive Despite It); https://www.amazon.co.uk/Its-Probably-Nothing-Critical-Conversations/dp/0008686572Follow Dr. Naomi Potter below:Naomi’s Instagram: @dr_naomipotterNaomi’s TikTok: @dr_naomipotterNaomi’s Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?...00:00 – Introduction00:45 – What Is Adenomyosis?12:25 – Naga on Being Dismissed by Doctors14:00 – Period Pain, Dismissal & Misdiagnosis18:00 – The Coil Fitting That Left Her Traumatised22:00 – Finally Getting a Diagnosis26:00 – The Link Between Menopause and Adenomyosis30:00 – The Gap in Medical Knowledge About Women’s Health33:00 – Are We Taught to Hide Our Pain?37:00 – Changing NHS Guidelines: A Real-Life Win43:00 – The Emotional Toll of Being Ignored47:00 – Navigating Perimenopause53:00 – Advice for Women Feeling ‘Less Like Themselves’56:00 – How to Advocate for Yourself at the GP1:03:00 – The Urgent Need for Change#womenshealth #naomipotter #nagamunchetty