CLKD, I've already tried my next nearest and I am outside their area. Because our practice is rural, it covers quite a large area - the others are more built up and have more people to deal with so they are very strict about the areas they cover.
Taz2, Symptoms so far are hot flushes especially at night, itching & dryness, sleep disturbance, mood swings, tingly hands and feet, joint ache, feeling anxious and weepy for no reason, difficulty concentrating, just generally feeling fuzzy brained...probably others I've forgotten too! Oh, and my periods definitely changed a lot over the past few years, though I'm on the pill. And difficulty sleeping and I have to go to the loo in the night more. It's not too bad, though worse on my pill break. One advantage of having a horrible time sorting out period problems is that this doesn't feel so bad by contrast
Just wish I could have had the whole lot taken out when I was 12 as it's been nothing but trouble!