Perimenopause and type 2

[LouT]

I think I’m perimenopausal I have type 2 diabetes it’s been suggested I should ask at my annual review about starting HRT - it’s my first annual review as only diagnosed last Oct so not sure if it’s something to ask then or to make another appointment,
I’ve changed GP surgery as I wasn’t happy with the support I was getting at the previous one,
My HBA1c has gone
Oct 25 - first blood test -85 confirmation blood test 79 and started on metformin
Jan 26 - 53
August 26 - 49
Currently taking 1g metformin once a day as couldn’t tolerate 2g total

Does anyone take HRT along side metformin? Does it help ?

 

[lessci]

As a (just) post-menopausal woman who's only been on HRT for 3 months, fight for it now, it may not make any difference to your type 2, but the difference in my overall health (both physical and mental) is remarkable. If they try to say you need blood tests, refer the practitioner to the current NICE guidelines which say diagnosis should be on symptoms. If you want it, lay it on with a spoon, don't do the usual thing of downplaying. And may the odds be ever in your favour