13 Jun
Hi all. I've got a GP appointment in two weeks and I am determined not to sit there and go blank like I always do. So I've started a notes document on my phone and I'm adding to it every day. The bleeding is the main thing. I've been tracking it properly for the first time and honestly it's quite alarming to see it written down. I knew it had got heavier but looking at the pattern over the last three months, it's a lot. There are days where I'm getting through more than I'd want to admit and I'm timing how long I can leave the house without worrying. I feel about twelve again and not in a good way. I'm also writing down the fatigue because I kept dismissing it as just being tired from everything. But it's a specific kind of tired. The kind where you've slept and still feel like you haven't. I want to be able to describe it properly rather than just saying "I'm a bit knackered" and having it brushed off. I've added a section for questions I want to ask. Mainly around bloodwork. I want to know whether iron has been checked recently and whether there are other things worth looking at given everything that's going on. I've read enough on here to know it's worth asking rather than waiting to be offered. Does anyone else have things they made sure to include before an appointment like this? I want to go in prepared rather than coming out thinking of everything I forgot to say. Any details that felt useful to have written down, I'd really appreciate knowing x