Right so I've been putting off writing any of this down because writing it down makes it real, but I've got an appointment in two weeks and I am NOT going in there and forgetting half of it again like last time. Last time I came out having mentioned the tiredness but somehow not the bit where I bled so heavily on a Tuesday that I had to leave work early and sit in the car. Didn't mention that. Just said I'd been a bit tired. Brilliant. So this time I'm doing a notes page. Here's what I've got so far, partly to hold myself accountable and partly in case it helps anyone else think about what to track. Bleeding: I've been writing down start date, how heavy (I'm using light/medium/soaking through in under two hours as my rough scale, glamorous), how many days, and whether there's any pattern or if it's just completely random. Spoiler: it's completely random. Cycle length has been anywhere between 19 and 47 days in the last six months. I didn't realise how all over the place it was until I wrote it out. Fatigue: I'm noting the days where I genuinely cannot function versus just a bit tired. There's a difference and I want my GP to understand that difference. The can't-function days are usually the heavy days or the day after. School run on those mornings is an achievement. Sleep: broken, always, but worse on certain days. Trying to connect that to the cycle but it's hard to tell. I'm also writing down questions I want to ask about bloodwork because I've read (on here and elsewhere) that iron can be a thing with heavy periods and I want to ask about that without sounding like I've self-diagnosed from the internet, which I have, but still. Anxiety too. That one's embarrassing to say out loud but it's real and it's going on the list. If anyone has other things they tracked that felt useful to bring up, I'd genuinely love to know x