Despite numerous health science classes, nursing classes, and working as a nurse for 15 years, I hadn't heard about perimenopause. That was, of course, until I had a period that didn't stop for 7 weeks. My hemoglobin dropped from a normal value of 15 to 10. I felt short of breath and was paler than normal.

A quick Google Scholar search for perimenopause results in nearly 38,000 entries. A quick Google Scholar search for erectile dysfunction results in over 380,000 entries (10x more than perimenopause.) This shows the disparity between the attention given to men's health as opposed to women's health. At the very least, we need to increase awareness about perimenopause.