7d ago
Hello wise ladies. 51 and finally booked a GP appointment for next week after months of pretending this is all fine. It is very much not fine. I want to actually ask about HRT properly this time, not just get handed a leaflet and sent away. But I'm a bit clueless about what I should even be writing down beforehand. Like, do I just say "I'm hot all the time and I haven't slept properly since 2022"? Because that's accurate but probably not very useful. I've seen people mention keeping notes. What did you actually write? Flush times? How bad they were? I've been trying to jot things down this week and it's mostly just "3am, soaking, furious" which feels more like a crime diary than a symptom log. Also I have a vague question about the different forms of HRT, patches versus gel, and I have no idea whether I'm even allowed to have a preference or whether I just get handed whatever. Did anyone go in with a specific question about that or does that come across as a bit much? I genuinely don't know the etiquette here. Cut back on coffee last week as an experiment. Not sure it's made a difference to the flushes but I'm slightly less unhinged before 9am so maybe that's something. Any thoughts gratefully received x