The inaugural article written by Dr Abi Berger in the new ‘Person in Practice’ series was published in the July 2016 issue of the journal.1 In it, Dr Berger discusses attracting patients with similar conditions to her own. She ‘admits’ to suffering from anxiety and epiretinal membranes in the past and, more recently, to symptoms of menopause including disturbed sleep, night sweats and low mood, which she describes as an abyss. She …