8 Jun
Appointment coming up and I feel weirdly underprepared. I'm 50, periods are all over the place, and the fatigue has gotten bad enough that I mentioned it to my husband and he looked genuinely concerned, which is how I know it's not just me being dramatic. What did you all actually track before your appointments? I've been keeping a rough fatigue diary, mostly just a number out of ten at the end of the day, but I don't know if that's the kind of thing a doctor finds useful or if I should be tracking something more specific. Like does the time of day matter? Does it correlate with my cycle? I've started wondering but I haven't been consistent enough to see a pattern yet. On heavy days I basically live on scrambled eggs or whatever soup is already in the fridge. Not glamorous but it's what gets done. I guess I'm just wondering what made your providers actually listen. What was the thing that shifted the conversation? TL;DR: appointment next month, tired all the time, trying to show up with something useful instead of just vibes.