5d ago
Been trying to work out what to actually write down before I see my GP next week and I'm drawing a blank. Not because nothing's happening, God no, more like where do I even start. The flushes are maybe six or seven times a day now, more at night, and I wake up completely drenched which is just... delightful. I've been scribbling a few things in my phone notes, how many times I wake up, whether I had wine or a coffee after lunch (I've noticed those two seem to make the next morning worse for me, though could be coincidence). But I don't know if that's the kind of thing they actually want to see. What I really want to ask about is the different HRT options because I've read bits about patches versus gel and I genuinely don't know what questions to even form. Like, is it worth asking why one over the other? Do you ask that or does the GP just decide and you accept it? I don't want to go in sounding like I've been on Google for three hours (I have been on Google for three hours). If anyone wrote something down before their first HRT conversation I'd love to know what you included. Did you track flush frequency, sleep, mood? Did you ask about forms or just take what you were offered? Bit lost here x