Evening all. I;m along time member but have name changed as this is quite personal.
I'm 43, and my periods have been changing for a while. I've always been pretty crap at tracking my cycle, but it was around 25-26 days long. Over the last year or so my periods have shortened to a couple of heavy days, then very light for a few more days before the end. I assumed that I was coming perimenopausal (my mum was 49 when she went through it so young-ish).
September - came on around the 13th
October - about the 13-14th (so 31 days later)
November - 4th or 5th, so 20-21 days later.
I came on again yesterday, and herein lies the problem. I googled "period coming early" (why?!) and on the back of that have made an apt to see my GP and for a smear (which I'm very ashamed to say is about a year overdue). Info I've read seems to suggest being perimenopausal would mean longer gaps, or missing them. Shorter gaps is not good and warrants a GP trip.
So now I'm bloody terrified that something is wrong with me. I can't see my Doc for 10 days (earliest apt) and can't have a smear till the weekend after as I'm on right now and that's the earliest they'll book me in. I could ask for an emergency GP apt I suppose, but as i can't have the smear earlier I'm not sure how that would help. Although I am an anxious person, I'm not usually overly worried about my health. But now I am, help!