Thank you, Bright Light.
I'm just not very good with change and uncertainty - what other people find easy, I seem to stress about and over-think.
I guess because Annie Evans deals with this every day, she made it seem very normal, whereas it feels the complete opposite to me. We didn't talk about risks, side effects etc, only that the gel will make me feel much better.
One thing she did say, that I know you will be very interested to hear, is that some women report alternating shorter and longer cycles - because the ovaries alternate and each deteriorates at its own rate. I never even though about it before, and yet the first change to my cycles was from 28 days to alternating 24/25 days, and now it seems to be somewhere close to 22, followed by somewhere close to 26.