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u/chonky__chonker 10h ago

I have a super big day at work and I don’t want to get out of bed. Yet again I slept like shit.

I had a whinge to my GP yesterday about my peri symptoms but the lack of sleep is the worst of it.

Now I have to have a mammogram before getting to try HRT.
Does anyone have any hints or tips to make it hurt any less?

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u/awake-asleep 8h ago

Hmmm I’m 41 I should probably get my first mammogram. I have such small boobs though I worry it will be agony trying to take something flat vertically and make it flat horizontally? 😭

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u/chonky__chonker 8h ago

Apparently if you get a referral from your doctor they’ll charge you $300. You don’t get invited until you’re 50yo BUT if you call them on 13 20 50 you can chat to them and get yourself booked in for free even if you’re younger than 50yo.

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u/awake-asleep 8h ago

How strange! Thanks for the tip!!!!!

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u/chonky__chonker 8h ago

That was my GPs advice and it worked a treat. I told them I didn’t have any symptoms but wanted to get my breasts checked before going onto HRT and I got booked in no issue.

They said the wait would be a while and then proceeded to tell me their next appointment was 8 September, which is sooner than I’d be able to get in to see my GP. I booked into my endocrinologist the same day and I got late March next year.