7d ago
Been lurking here for ages and finally typing something out because my GP appointment is next week and I'm absolutely bricking it. I want to ask about HRT properly this time, not just get fobbed off with "it's probably just stress" again. Last time I left with literally nothing and cried in the car park. So I've been trying to write stuff down beforehand. Not in any organised way, just... when I wake up at 3am absolutely drenched and furious I grab my phone and type a note. I've got about two weeks of those now. Flush in the night. Flush before lunch. Heart going mental on the bus for no reason. That sort of thing. What I'm less sure about is whether to ask specifically about patches versus gel. I've read bits and pieces here and elsewhere and I genuinely don't know what questions to even ask the GP. Like do you ask them to explain the difference? Do you say you've heard gel might suit some people better? I don't want to come across as difficult but I also don't want to just accept whatever they hand me without understanding it. Also I've noticed I'm much worse after coffee and honestly devastated about that. Been cutting back this week and writing that down too, just to see. Did anyone else make a list before their first proper HRT conversation? What did you actually put on it? x