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Hi I've been postmenopausal due to premature ovarian failure related to having a partial hysterectomy for nearly 20 years. My symptoms were managed for 7 years using estradiol pills. I was then switched to a patch which worked well for me for nearly 12 years...although I had to use a patch and a half of the highest dose patch. I'm from the US, but my patch was the Vivelle Dot which is the same are the Estradot 100 in the UK. I can't say that I have ever felt completely normal after having my surgery and immediately experiencing ovarian failure when I was 35. I am now 54 and have been trying to find the right implant dose that works best for me. Here in the states, most implant/pellet docs insert very low estrogen doses and huge testosterone doses. That regiman really messed me up and it has taken my testosterone a year to decrease to a level where I feel well. I had to change doctors in order for that to happen. My new provider started me off by giving me 100 mg. E implant and 100 mg. T implant. I don't think he clearly understood that my testosterone was over the top. He lowered my testosterone implant to 50 mg. and left me estrogen implaint dose at 100 mg. during my last visit, gave me a 5 mg. depo estrogen shot to boost my level and keep me comfortable until the estrogen implant kicked in. As soon as the injection wore off, all of my symptoms returned. I have always had severely debilitating symptoms from low estrogen. My implant doctor does not dose based on lab work but by symptoms only. I recently visited my GP for my annual exam and he ran some routine blood work as well as a hormone level check. My estradiol level was 985.3 and my testosterone was 122 which is great. However, he flipped out over my high estradiol level. I had given myself and injection a couplf o days before and wonder how much it affected my estradiol reading. Now, my implant doctor who originally said that labs were "only numbers" wants to lower my estrogen implant dose and take the estradiol shots away. I feel the best I have felt in 20 years and am not having any side effects at all. Have any of you ever needed your estradiol/estrogen/oestrogen (all the same) levels as high as I seem to need mine in order to feel well?
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monay56094 barter1960
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I have just found this site and read your blog. I have finally found someone that has been going through the same things that I have. I too have just about all the symptoms you have spoke of. I have tried so many different this and nothing worked great. But I found a Dr. In Laurel Ms. that saved me and I went and had implants and he gave me my life back. I did great for so long. He was a older man and he passed about a year ago. No one step in to take his business over and he had a killer business and helped so many woman from everywhere. I have tried so many thing and nothing worked . I have had nothing for a long time now and just deal with my symptoms. I am 55 and started menopause early. I had a partial hysterectomy in my early 40s and a few years after that it all started. None of the Dr around here know how to treat hormone imbalance. I need to be on a small dose of a hormone but just dont know what to ask for. I want to try a patch and I want the homone to be natural based. I am so tired of feeling bad or never know what kind of day I am going to have. If you have any suggestions please feel free to share.
sheryl37154 monay56094
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You might also find a compound chemist who will make up an implant pellet (via a prescription from you dr) if they are no longer available from an ordinary pharmacy where you live. Question whether they are EXACTLY identical to the original ones.
If your gp cannot insert them, ask her/him where you can go to get them inserted. Do you have a type of Family Planning Clinic near you. They usually also deal with menopause type problems and do pellet inserts. Oestrogen implant pellets were the best thing since sliced bread!!!
monay56094 barter1960
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