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"Well, there are shifts in chemicals and hormones in your body when you undergo menopause," Meredith says. "I can have one of the lab people test the levels of various things to see if the sample indicates that's what's going on or if there's any suggestion it could be something else we need to look out for. Have you had any pain in your uterus, anything out of the ordinary like that?" Pregnancy is a possibility, as is menopause, but they're not the only things they have to watch out for. She doesn't want to overlook the possibility of cysts or other such difficulties that could cause similar symptoms, but she doesn't necessarily want to bring it up yet either. Faye doesn't seem like the kind of patient who needs to be handled delicately, but she doesn't need a list of baseless diseases to worry about either.