Kelly, 57. Been on HRT for nearly nine years now and honestly my joints are the thing nobody asks about and I never quite know how to bring up. Like, I mention the hot flushes at the GP because that's the easy one. I don't mention that my knees feel like wet gravel every morning or that my hands ache after I've been carrying the grandkids' stuff around all afternoon. It's just become the background noise of my life and I've sort of... accepted it? Which I'm not sure is the right thing to do. I started doing a proper walking plan about four months ago, nothing dramatic, just building up distance slowly and going out most days. The knees have actually settled a bit, which surprised me. Or maybe I've just stopped noticing. Hard to tell. What I do want to ask my GP next month, and I'm writing it here so I actually remember to say it out loud, is about staying on HRT long term. I'm 57, I feel better on it than off it, but I've never had a proper conversation about what the ongoing picture looks like for my bones and joints specifically. Every review feels a bit rushed and I always leave thinking I should have pushed harder. Also been trying to eat more protein. Not obsessively, just making sure there's actually something in my lunch other than toast. Feels vaguely sensible. x