Sarah A

Jun 14 · Replied

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Thank you J.S., and everyone who replied. This is exactly why I posted. Reading these has made me feel much less ridiculous, and I am adding a few notes before my next appointment.

Jun 14 · Posted

Hello wise ladies. Been lurking for a bit but this feels like the right place to ask. I'm 61, been post-menopausal for about eight years now, and I've been on HRT for most of that time. Generally I feel like it's been the right thing for me but that's just my own experience, not something I'd push on anyone else. The thing I keep not mentioning at my GP appointments is the joint pain. It's in my knees and my hands mostly, worse in the mornings, and I've just been sort of... accepting it as the price of getting older? But I was talking to a friend recently who'd had a DEXA scan and it made me think I should probably be having a more joined-up conversation about all of it. Bones, joints, the long-term HRT picture, whether I should be asking about a scan. Here's the thing though. Every time I go in I end up talking about something else. The joint stuff feels less urgent somehow, even though it's actually the thing affecting my day-to-day the most. I can't lift my granddaughter without my hands complaining and that bothers me more than I let on. I've started writing a little timeline of when the joint pain started and when it got worse because I genuinely couldn't remember when I'd last had a pain-free morning. It's been useful just having it written down, even if just for me. Has anyone managed to get a proper conversation going with their GP about joints alongside the long-term HRT stuff? Did you have to push for a bone scan or did it come up naturally? I feel like I need to go in with a proper list this time rather than letting the appointment drift. Any experiences gratefully received x

Jun 6 · Posted

Has anyone on long-term HRT actually had a DEXA scan arranged through their GP, or did you have to push for it? Asking for myself, obviously. x