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Menopause Discussion => All things menopause => Topic started by: Stephjkm on March 08, 2018, 11:23:38 AM

Title: GP recommendation
Post by: Stephjkm on March 08, 2018, 11:23:38 AM

I am moving in a few weeks and will have to change my GP. My current surgery are wonderful, no battles about HRT and every doctor I have seen seems to be up to date with the NICE guidelines, I'll be sorry to leave their care.

I've been researching online for a sympathetic GP surgery in my new area and am finding it difficult to trawl tjrough all the lingo. Can anyone recommend a surgery in the Margate area of Kent that is sympathetic to menopause and all that goes with it?

Title: Re: GP recommendation
Post by: Daisydot on March 08, 2018, 11:45:56 AM

Best advice I can give you is stock up before your move just in case.good luck xx

Title: Re: GP recommendation
Post by: Stephjkm on March 08, 2018, 12:46:56 PM

Quote from: Daisydot on March 08, 2018, 11:45:56 AM

Best advice I can give you is stock up before your move just in case.good luck xx

That's my plan......and then use a bit of shoe leather to go round the surgeries in the area and ask them before signing on!

Title: Re: GP recommendation
Post by: Annie0710 on March 08, 2018, 02:48:11 PM

I've just found myself in a similar, but worse situation

I moved September last year, I emailed my surgery asking to stay with them as I was really happy with my regime (oestrogel+testosterone + daily vagifem) and Also I still work in the town of that surgery.  They replied saying they'll ask practice manager.  Pharmacy that is in the surgery said they do keep patients in so I felt relieved when my prescriptions were being accepted. 

Since my writing to them they have continued texting me about asthma clinic and health MOT appointments etc .  Last week I went to log on to systmonline to order vagifem and amitriptyline and couldn't log on.  I emailed them asking why.  Their response: you are no longer a patient as you've moved out of area !

Full blown panic set in.  There are 2 surgeries in my new town so I contacted the one the lady in the pharmacy recommended: no new patients being taken on

I contacted the other one.  I had to fill out the form and they told me to stock up on my meds.  I explained what had happened and I have no access to a gp or repeat prescriptions but I'm still not accepted at the new one either.  They will write to me, I'll need to make an appt to see a gp who will review the meds I'm on.  I have a nasty feeling they'll whip the testosterone off me straightaway but in the meantime I've got no vagifem !

Title: Re: GP recommendation
Post by: Daisydot on March 08, 2018, 06:03:36 PM

Hi Annie that's dredful very stressful for you,if you struggle to get vagifem I recommend hyalofemme for internal use and vagisil prohydrate for external use both are excellent products.hope it goes well for you ladies it's hard bloody work with these gps isn't it.xx

Title: Re: GP recommendation
Post by: Stephjkm on March 08, 2018, 06:51:33 PM

Annie, I hope you manage to get sorted soon, and that I don't have problems like you and many others have with their GPs.

There should be listings of GPs that follow the NICE guidelines, that might make them look at them!

Title: Re: GP recommendation
Post by: Annie0710 on March 08, 2018, 08:17:33 PM

The more I think about it the angrier I get.   I rely on asthma pumps and my 2x epipens as life savers.  What if either of these were to run out ? That surgery would have some serious answering to do x