perimenopause or not?

I have been having such pain in my feet lately. I don't know if it's perimenopause or not. Maybe I did too many miles too quickly. But what I wonder about is my mom and my aunt saying that they stayed active until a certain age until their feet and lower joints hurt too much. Then they put on weight until they lost most all of their mobility. I feel scared that this will happen to me now that I am approaching midlife. I can't help but wonder if HRT would fix this.

My doctor suspects that I am now sensitive to high salt. I don't know about that.

OKAY I can confirm that my hormones were officially completely jacked up this cycle. It's been 6 days since my predicted day 1 of my period and nothing so far. It felt like my body tried to ovulate on cycle day 24 or 25. Now it's cycle day 32 and I'm crying for no reason, very emotional like PMS. I don't know if and when I will menstruate this cycle. I also don't know how to count the cycle days unless I just assume this period skipped and just count cycle day 1 from the fitbit app's prediction of September 12.

June 27-July 2 brown blood and very light flow / spotting whole menstruation

July 22-27 normal period

August 17-22 normal period

September 12-17 skipped (or very late period)