Why I built it
I built this from lived experience inside a confusing, fragmented care journey. I know what it feels like to wait for care, then feel rushed once you are finally in the room. To run into the one-concern-per-appointment reality. To realize that menopause and hormone-related care can vary widely depending on your family physician, while specialist care can take far too long. In my case, much of the research and advocacy fell to me while symptoms were disrupting my sleep and daily life. Menopause care in Canada is not meaningfully free. The cost is often paid in wait time, effort, confusion, or money and, for many, eventually in private care they never planned to pursue. This guide is my attempt to make that path more usable: a practical way to get organized, ask better questions, and walk into an appointment with more clarity and momentum.