The most important thing about your consultation is that you feel comfortable and relaxed. Dr Sonnenberg will take time to listen to how you have been feeling and to talk through all of your symptoms. She has been a GP for over 20 years and started Rowena Health to give women support. So please take time to sit with in the comfort of your own home, and talk through all the options to find a way to manage your symptoms that is best for you and your life.
Prior to your consultation you will have completed the patient questionnaire that was emailed to you, which ensures she has key information that she needs. This allows her to really focus on the areas that matter most to you. Please also ensure you have included a full list of all your past medical history, family history and medications/supplements.
It is helpful to have copies of results or letters with you that may also be relevant. During your consultation she will discuss your symptoms, concerns and questions take time to listen. She will then guide you through the best options and address any questions that you may still have. With that in mind, it is often useful for you to write down any questions that you may have beforehand, that you may not have included in your questionnaire, to ensure she covers them.
She may discuss ways to adapt your lifestyle and she will decide together with you making, your personalised care plan, which she will ask that you share with your GP. If appropriate she will prescribe your medication, such as HRT, ensuring we properly cover any risks and benefits to treatment, based on the British Menopause Society recommendations. This is issued at the consultation but it may take a day or so to have the prescription delivered to you.
She will make a plan for your future care and will write to you within 7 days of your appointment to summarise your personal plan. If you do not receive this please let us know and check your junk mail, very occasionally things do end up there. It will come from [email protected]
If there is anything you need clarification on or you have concerns about please do not hesitate to ask, we would love to talk with you early and believe that good communication is the key to a supportive relationship for us both.
Rowena Health is a small clinic and Dr Sonnenberg is delighted to be part of a much bigger peer group supporting continued education in menopause, at the highest level, with other accredited British Menopause Society Menopause Specialists from all over the UK who run similar clinics, and are equally passionate and dedicated to women’s health and menopause care. This group discuss cases regularly looking at latest evidence and best practice in order to provide the best care. Dr Sonnenberg also runs an NHS women’s health clinic at her GP surgery so she is experienced at dealing with all of your symptoms and at guiding you, if something doesn’t seem like a menopause symptom.