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Caledonia Buckheit, MD

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OB-GYN | Women’s Health
Menopause, hormones & minimally invasive surgery
Raleigh, NC 📍

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GenX ladies - We survived latchkey childhoods, Aqua Net, cigarette smoke, drinking from the garden hose, Boomer Parents, and riding in cars without seatbelts.

And now you’re telling us menopause is going to take us down? Cute.

Yes, we’re hot.
Yes, we’re tired.
Yes, we walked into this room for something and have no idea what it was.

But we also have decades of experience, significantly fewer f*cks to give, and the confidence that comes from realizing half the things we spent our 20s worrying about were complete nonsense. We’ve been training for chaos since the nineteen hundreds.

I recently heard that menopause is like going through puberty without caring what other people think and I loved that so much. So we decided to turn this transition into a celebration.

If you want a fun night out to lean into your perimenopause era - join me and my friends OBGYN @calibmd and hostess with the mostess, owner of @tandem.carrboro Emma.

MONDAY 11/2, Build @ Tandem Carrboro, bring your friends and your 80s attitude.

#perimenopause #genxmenopause #chapelhillnc #tandemcarrboro

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Medicine spent 4,000 years blaming women’s hysteria for symptoms doctors didn’t understand. The diagnosis disappeared in 1980, but the dismissal never did. More than 1 in 4 women today say their doctor has ignored their symptoms.

Leave a 🩷 if you’re tired of this pattern and ready for real change in women’s healthcare.

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Celebrating our mom - happy 75th 💝
#75 #virgoseason #maine

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Two underrated ways to decrease cancer risk:
1-The pill- Cuts ovarian and endometrial cancer risk (up to half with long-term use), and it lasts decades after you stop. The breast cancer risk? Tiny and age-dependent -about 1 extra case per 7,690 women a year, gone within ~5 years of quitting. It is barely a blip in your teens, more real in your late 30s–40s. The hormone type matters.
2-Salpingectomy-Most aggressive ovarian cancers start in the fallopian tubes. Already having pelvic surgery or done having kids? Removing the tubes drops ovarian cancer risk 42–80%-minimal added time, no early menopause.
Your best move depends on your age, family history, and whether surgery’s already on the table.
#sciencemeetssisterhood #obgyn #womenshealth

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Gynecologists who get it
Episode #3
Perimenopause, pap smears, IUDs and more… always fun🤩

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Kinda chic trend is kinda fun.. follow along if you like to hear about vaginal health from a gynecologist who likes to talk about the things people are usually embarrassed to say.
What did you not want to ask your GYN.. hypothetically speaking of course. Shoot me a DM if you don’t want it here.

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Replying to: @calibmd If you’ve ever been told your heavy periods are “normal”… THIS VIDEO IS FOR YOU!

Many of us have gone to our OB’s complaining about heavy, painful periods… but 99% of the time we are told this is perfectly normal, or we are just offered birth control without any further concern or explanation. 🫠

If you’ve ever soaked through a pad in under an hour, passed clots the size of quarters, or felt like your period was actively ruining your life… that is not something you should just push through.

But this is something that we see in so many of our perimenopause patients! Heavy bleeding during perimenopause is incredibly common, and it’s usually tied back to a few key things…

☑️ Low progesterone
(this is often the first hormone to decline)
☑️ Estrogen dominance relative to progesterone
☑️ Fibroids or polyps
☑️ Chronic anemia & low ferritin from ongoing blood loss

Heavy or abnormal bleeding is never something to just “deal with”... it is something that needs to be investigated. And if it goes unaddressed long enough, it can absolutely tank your iron stores and literally suck the life out of you one period at a time! 😩

🩺 If you’re in the US and you’re curious about getting comprehensive labs to actually understand what’s going on with your cycle, go to the 🔗 in my bio to book a free 30-minute call with my team to get started!

#perimenopause #hormonehealth #hormonalimbalance #womenover30 #womenover40

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So much fun starting our #gynecologistswhogetit series🥰
Will post the full live if you missed! More to come.
#obgyn #womenshealth #hysterectomy

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Both things can be true at once. You can be okay and still be a trauma survivor. You can be recovering and still be grateful. This is the "yes, and" Cali wants more people to understand. 🎧 Link in bio. #WhoWeBecome #BothAtOnce #MedicalTrauma #WomensHealth

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She spent years as the OB/GYN in the room. Then at 27 weeks pregnant, she became the patient — and everything she thought she knew about control, identity, and her own body was turned upside down. ➡️ Swipe through what Dr. Cali Buckheit's experience with sepsis and a 27-week delivery taught her — and how it changed the way she practices medicine forever. 🎧 Full episode — link in bio. #WhoWeBecome #DrCaliBuckheit #Sepsis #MedicalTrauma #WomensHealth #NICU #Identity

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The phrase Cali wishes someone had said to her more. Not "I'm so sorry" — just permission to actually not be okay. 🎧 Link in bio. #WhoWeBecome #ItsOkayNotToBeOkay #MedicalTrauma #WomensHealth

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The phrase Cali wishes someone had said to her more. Not "I'm so sorry" — just permission to actually not be okay. 🎧 Link in bio. #WhoWeBecome #ItsOkayNotToBeOkay #MedicalTrauma #WomensHealth

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