Okay so I have my GP appointment on Thursday and I am absolutely terrified I am going to walk in there and forget everything and walk out with a leaflet about mindfulness again. That happened last time. I sat down, she looked a bit distracted, I said I was getting hot flushes and not sleeping, and she said have I tried keeping a sleep diary and that was it. I was in there four minutes. So this time I have written things down. Properly. How many flushes in a day (usually five or six, sometimes more), that I am waking up drenched twice a night at least, that I feel like my heart is racing when the flush hits. I have even noted that it is affecting my work because I can't concentrate on anything by about 2pm. I want to ask her about HRT properly this time, not just be fobbed off. But I genuinely don't know where to start with the different forms. There seem to be patches, gels, all sorts. I'm not expecting her to hand me a personalised plan on the spot but I just want to understand what the options even are, so I can have an actual conversation rather than nodding along and leaving none the wiser. Has anyone gone in with a list and actually had it help? Did asking specific questions make a difference or does it just depend entirely on which GP you get? x