Okay I know this sounds like a low bar but bear with me because for the past three months the school run has been an absolute ordeal. I've been flooding through every period, like genuinely having to double up and still not trusting it, and the anxiety about it happening in public has been exhausting in a way that's hard to explain to anyone who hasn't been there. Carrying spare clothes in my bag like I'm twelve. Timing everything around whether I'm on a heavy day. Cancelling things. Saying I'm fine. This week my GP finally actually listened. I'd written things down beforehand, dates, how heavy, how long, what it was stopping me doing, and I think having it all on paper meant she couldn't just say "that sounds normal for your age" and move on. She's referred me and also ordered some bloods including iron levels which I've been wanting to ask about for ages because I am so tired I could cry, and actually I did cry a bit in the appointment, which was embarrassing but also probably useful evidence. I don't have answers yet. The referral will take time, I know that. But just being taken seriously felt like something shifted. So this morning I did the school run. Heavy day, still anxious, still had the spare stuff in my bag. But I went. And I got home and I sat down with a cup of tea and I thought: okay. Someone is looking into it. That's something. If you're tracking your cycle and your heavy days before a GP appointment, I think it genuinely made a difference for me. Not telling anyone what to do, just sharing what happened. Sending love to anyone in the thick of it right now x