50 and finally got an appointment after months of being told it's 'probably stress'. so I've been writing everything down this past fortnight. flushes during the day, flushes at night, the ones that wake me up at 2am soaked through. trying to get a proper count before I go in so I can actually say a number instead of just 'loads'. the thing I'm curious about though, completely without wanting to be steered either way, is the patch vs gel thing. I've read bits and pieces and honestly I just want to know what other women's day-to-day experience was like. like, did the patch stay on in the bath? did the gel feel weird in summer? I'm not asking anyone to tell me what to do, I just find the practical reality stuff really hard to find anywhere. also unrelated but I've been eating a lot of cold salads and chilled soups lately because standing over a hot hob in the evening is genuinely unbearable right now. my husband thinks I've gone off cooking. I haven't, I'm just trying not to combust before 7pm 😅 anyway. appointment is next Thursday. wish me luck.