Member since September 2024

Fenella

Horses. Cannot ride if I am not strong.

Cirencester, UK

Conversations they started

Being told it was menopause for three years
Menopause and GLP-126 May 2025

Recent check-in answers

3 May 2026 — What was the last thing that made you feel capable?

Swam in the sea in February.

25 Mar 2026 — What is the weather doing to your week?

The polar night has my energy. I know it and I have stopped fighting it.

25 Feb 2026 — What would you like somebody to ask you?

A colleague covered for me on a bad day and never mentioned it again.

13 Nov 2025 — Which symptom have you stopped noticing?

Everything quiet. Week 59 and I have very little to report, which is the best kind of entry.

Circles

UK and Ireland
NHS, HSE, waiting lists, and the local specifics.
Maintenance
Year two, year three, and the part nobody writes about.
Europe
Twenty-seven systems, and none of them like the internet says.
Quality and testing
What analysis can tell you, and what it cannot.
Menopause and GLP-1
Three things at once, and untangling which is which.

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If today is hard

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Conversations they started

Being told it was menopause for three years

Recent check-in answers