Well - with Dr Larisse Badenhorst

Well - with Dr Larisse Badenhorst General Practitioner providing patient-centred care with a special interest in sexual health, women's well-being and preventative medicine.

Delivering compassionate, evidence-based care for every stage of life.

07/09/2026
๐—–๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ฑ๐—ผ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ปโ€™๐˜ ๐—ฎ๐—น๐˜„๐—ฎ๐˜†๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐—ถ๐˜๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ณ.In its early stages, there may be no obvious symptoms โ€” which is exactly ...
03/09/2026

๐—–๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ฑ๐—ผ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ปโ€™๐˜ ๐—ฎ๐—น๐˜„๐—ฎ๐˜†๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐—ถ๐˜๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ณ.

In its early stages, there may be no obvious symptoms โ€” which is exactly why screening matters.

A Pap smear or HPV test can detect changes before they develop into cervical cancer. And while the HPV vaccine offers powerful protection, ๐—ถ๐˜ ๐—ฑ๐—ผ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ ๐˜€๐—ฐ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด.

So, if youโ€™ve been postponing your appointment, consider this your gentle reminder.

๐—” ๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐˜„ ๐—บ๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜‚๐˜๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—น๐—ฑ ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—น๐˜๐—ต ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐˜†๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฒ.

Is ๐—ง๐—˜๐—ฅ๐—  ๐Ÿฏ getting the ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚? Stress changes everything.โ€œStress isnโ€™t causing everythingโ€ฆbut it may be intensifying...
28/08/2026

Is ๐—ง๐—˜๐—ฅ๐—  ๐Ÿฏ getting the ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚?

Stress changes everything.

โ€œStress isnโ€™t causing everythingโ€ฆ
but it may be intensifying it.โ€

Turning ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—น๐—ฒ ๐—ณ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ด๐˜‚๐—ฒ ๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฒ๐˜…๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜‚๐˜€๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป.
Turning ๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ผ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—น ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜€๐—ถ๐˜๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐˜๐˜† ๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ผ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜„๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—น๐—บ.
Making ๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜†๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐˜† ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ณ๐—ฒ ๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—น ๐—ท๐˜‚๐˜€๐˜ ๐—ฎ ๐—น๐—ถ๐˜๐˜๐—น๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ผ ๐—ณ๐˜‚๐—น๐—น.

If this feels familiar, pay attention to what your body is telling you. We hear you. We see you. And ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐—ฑ๐—ผ๐—ปโ€™๐˜ ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐˜„๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐˜ ๐˜‚๐—ป๐˜๐—ถ๐—น ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚โ€™๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ฒ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—น๐˜† ๐—ผ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜„๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—น๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐—ธ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐˜€๐˜‚๐—ฝ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜.

Reach out sooner rather than later!

๐ŸŽ€ ๐—ฌ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—ฏ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜ ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—น๐˜๐—ต ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ฎ ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐˜๐—ผ-๐—ฑ๐—ผ ๐—น๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜.Weโ€™re excited to welcome the Mammogram Truck back to HVH Lifest...
14/08/2026

๐ŸŽ€ ๐—ฌ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—ฏ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜ ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—น๐˜๐—ต ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ฎ ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐˜๐—ผ-๐—ฑ๐—ผ ๐—น๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜.

Weโ€™re excited to welcome the Mammogram Truck back to HVH Lifestyle centre

๐Ÿ“… Tuesday, 6 October 2026
โฐ Limited appointments available โ€“ booking via the link is essential.

Have your mammogram done conveniently and close to home.

If youโ€™ve been putting off your mammogram, this is your reminder to make yourself a priority.

๐Ÿ‘‰ Book your appointment here:
https://portal-admin.rdisa.co.za/booking?bookingToken=0DfoXsl1x7Yc_k7cdcphFM--JUku83eA_-V4k5ll9dQ

Please share this post with the women in your life who may need this reminder too.

09/08/2026

THE INVISIBLE LOAD

โ€œItโ€™s not one thing.
Itโ€™s the layering of many.โ€

The work. The worry. The remembering. The caring. The planning. The expectations.

So much of what women carry
is never seen.

This Womenโ€™s Day, we celebrate women - To every woman carrying more than anyone can see = we see you!!!

06/08/2026

She is not breaking.
She is not declining.
She is reorganising. ๐Ÿค

If these words resonate with you, You are not alone!

Stay tuned this Womenโ€™s Month.

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24/07/2026

Elke mens beleef die wรชreld anders!
Kom ontdek hoe jou maat die wรชreld ervaar, hoekom julle soms verskillend reageer, en hoe groter begrip tot โ€™n sterker verhouding kan lei.

๐Ÿ“ Niche Kids, Fairland
๐Ÿ“… Begin 30 Julie 2026
๐Ÿ‘ซ 3 sessies | R1500 per paartjie

Brain Sense Niche Kids SA

๐˜Œ๐˜น๐˜ค๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ต ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ถ๐˜ฑ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ฆ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต, ๐˜ด๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ฌ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ธ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ๐˜จ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฐ๐˜ธ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ธ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜จ๐˜ฉ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ๐˜ง๐˜ถ๐˜ญ ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ด๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ!Your b...
21/07/2026

๐˜Œ๐˜น๐˜ค๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ต ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ถ๐˜ฑ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ฆ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต, ๐˜ด๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ฌ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ธ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ๐˜จ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฐ๐˜ธ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ธ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜จ๐˜ฉ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ๐˜ง๐˜ถ๐˜ญ ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ด๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ!

Your body has been trying to tell you something. Are you ready to listen? ๐ŸŒธ

So many women in their late 30s, 40s and 50s are experiencing sleepless nights, brain fog, achy joints, mood shifts and unexplained weight gain and simply pushing through, thinking it's just life.

It's not just life.

It's your hormones and you deserve to understand exactly what's happening.

The Redefining Perimenopause to Postmenopause is a half-day workshop bringing together a passionate panel of women's health professionals to have the honest conversations most of us never got to have.

You'll hear from:
โœจ Physiotherapist & Pilates Instructor
โœจ Fitness & Nutritional Coach
โœจ Homeopath
โœจ GP with a focus on sexual health

We'll cover hormonal changes, bone health, screening tests, natural and medical treatment options, and practical tools you can start using immediately.

Plus... coffee cart โ˜•, goodie bags ๐ŸŽ and lucky draw prizes ๐ŸŽ‰

๐Ÿ“… 1 August 2026
๐Ÿ•™ 10h00 โ€“ 14h00
๐Ÿ“ Marelee Fourie Physiotherapy, Boskruin Business Park, Unit 5, Bosbok Road, Randpark Ridge

๐Ÿ’ณ R200 per person

๐Ÿ‘‰ Register here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdDjbGBwFpGgVSX1hnwrzR67twRKulsuMCLiHzFQkWmMTBEwg/viewform?pli=1

Come curious.
Bring a friend.
Leave empowered. ๐Ÿ’ช

Freedom begins with respecting the dignity, choices and humanity of others. Today, may we celebrate kindness, compassion...
18/07/2026

Freedom begins with respecting the dignity, choices and humanity of others.

Today, may we celebrate kindness, compassion and the hope of a healthier future for all. ๐Ÿ‡ฟ๐Ÿ‡ฆ

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Tuesday 08:00 - 17:00
Wednesday 08:00 - 17:00
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