61 – Living with untreated urinary symptoms
The Dr Louise Newson Podcast
Dr Louise Newson
4.7 • 933 Ratings
🗓️ 28 April 2026
⏱️ 32 minutes
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Summary
In this episode, Dr Louise Newson is joined by Penny Pijnenburg for a powerful conversation about genitourinary syndrome , a condition that affects most women but is still rarely talked about.
Penny shares her experience of living with severe symptoms for more than 14 years before realising they were linked to perimenopause, and the frustration of not being offered the right treatment.
Together, they explore why these symptoms are so often missed, how they can worsenwithout treatment, and why simple, low-dose hormones can be life-changing. Nowpassionate about raising awareness, Penny is helping ensure other women don’t go through the same experience.
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| 0:00.0 | So Penny, you're here in London. I've seen you in Amsterdam where you live, but I met you in London |
| 0:09.8 | actually, didn't I? Because I was on my theatre tour, my last theatre tour, and you came up at the end |
| 0:15.6 | and said, I want you to come and talk in Amsterdam. One minute, yeah. I had one minute at the book signing. Yeah. |
| 0:22.3 | And I saw my chance. Yeah, it was a little bit over a year ago. And I feel like we've done |
| 0:27.9 | a lot. So we brought you over to Amsterdam for the Connected Health weekend. Then I interviewed |
| 0:34.6 | you for the article about long COVID and hormones. |
| 0:38.8 | And you were so kind to review it and we were in touch. |
| 0:42.9 | And yeah, it's great to be here. |
| 0:45.2 | I mean, you know, I called you already back in Amsterdam. |
| 0:48.7 | I work in sports advertising. |
| 0:50.5 | So I think now you know this term goat. |
| 0:53.5 | Yeah. |
| 0:54.0 | Which doesn't mean the animal, but it's the greatest |
| 0:56.4 | of all time. |
| 0:57.4 | Oh, you're so kind. |
| 0:58.4 | So, and I think you are the goat of menopause. |
| 1:01.7 | Oh. |
| 1:02.7 | So, owner. |
| 1:03.7 | You know, I was in Amsterdam. |
| 1:05.7 | We had a great weekend. |
| 1:06.7 | I gave a lot of presentations to women, men, healthcare professionals. |
| 1:11.5 | And the healthcare professional section was really busy. |
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