To HRT or not to Hrt that is the question!!
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Hi Ladies,
Well can you believe it?? Some of you ladies will already know I've been on HRT for 31/2 years and it really agreed with me. That was up until I had a scan and found I have fibroids so one of the doctors at my surgery advised me to stop the HRT. I weaned off gradually and eventually stopped by the end of January. Long story short.......all my symptoms have returned. I'm sweating like a pig, come out the shower and potter around my bedroom and the sweat pours down my back. Can have a hot flush at anytime and anywhere. Moods all over the place and put on just over a stone in weight. Just feel yuck I felt so much better when I was on the HRT!! Energetic, bubbly personality, lost weight without even trying and the icing on the cake.....great sex! lol
So.....popped along to the doctors and saw a lady doctor. Not old enough to know what the menopause is like as yet! She basically told me that I probably had fibroids before I even went on the HRT and if I wanted she would give me another prescription and see how I go!! She is referring me to a gyne just for a 'chat' and to see what he/she can offer me.
I'm now in a quandary....what do I do? I'd like to go back on the HRT or do I wait until I see the gyne? Took me some time to wean off and when the gyne finds out I did wean off they may tell me off for going back on!!
The GP's don't have any idea about menopause do they??!!
Any suggestions ladies? I just know for sure I felt a whole load better when I was on the HRT!
E. x
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steffo_61 elle127
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elle127 steffo_61
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That is ridiculous! I'd be drinking alright but not water!! Think I'd be changing my GP if I was you!!
susan556 steffo_61
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shaznay96184 steffo_61
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Maybe go see someone else in your Practice. Or, if you can, go see that nice young female GP who's willing to give Elaine127 her life back
!!
Sx
deborah46874 elle127
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I wanted to provide you with a link to a website but this website rejects my message if I put the link on. So just search Fibroids and HRT on the net.
elle127 deborah46874
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My largest fibroid is just under 5cms and the rest are multiple smaller ones. I probably did have them before I started HRT I just didn't know about them! I will google and see what I find. Thanks x
brendababy elle127
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elle127 brendababy
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I was on the same as you - Prempak C, the lower dose. I just loved it
Really agreed with me and made me feel great. I hope you find it helps. As Jayneejay says it does postpone menopause (or is supposed to) but I still had peri symptoms while on the HRT. It didn't do much for my sweats but at least my mood lifted and I was more like my bubbly self. I'm taking all the usual herbal meds plus all the vitamins but still feel yuck 
I agree with you why should we suffer? Trouble is I went to all the bother of gradually weaning off which took months so I guess waiting a few more weeks to see a gyno won't hurt. Maybe I will see what they say before I rush to the chemist with my new prescription.
Thanks x
jayneejay brendababy
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I dont think ladies brag they do it all natural, some, .like me have to,
as high risk and have female cancers in family ..
and had endometriosis in the past ..
we have no choices and have to stay positive and go natural, or we would fall apart.
I still personally wouldnt take HRT anyway, Especially Prempak
( personally) thats pregnant mares urine HRT and cruelly done, we are not horses, so really you should respect peoples choices and know their reasons ..
Some ladies want natural and over and done with.. They dont want HRT to then postpose menopause and fo through all this again in their later life.
i had a ten year peri and it was not easy, i have done ten years researching everything for my own peace of mind and educate myself on the matter ... No bragging... Thats the way it is ..
jay
brendababy jayneejay
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kristi63 brendababy
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kristi63 brendababy
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jayneejay elle127
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Maybe wait and see what tour Gyno says, i would if it was me,
Only Gyno's really know in my opinion.. Whats best... GP's are just that ... general practitioners, not specialists in Gyno ..
when HRT is stopped the menopause symptoms do return, HRT only postpones the symptoms until its stopped in later years, its whether you can cope with it.
good luck hun
jay x
elle127 jayneejay
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I know what you're saying but I had a much better quality of life when I was on the HRT. I'm not 100% sure that it does postpone menopause as I still suffered with the hot sweats and weird periods even when taking it. I was only on a low dose though. I think my own hormones still gave me the peri symptoms but the low dose HRT just took the edge off enough to control it. I really don't know anymore?? Just confused with the different info off every doctor in my surgery!
I think I will wait until I see what the Consultant says then take it from there. A few more weeks won't hurt me. Just don't know who to believe anymore???!!!
E. x
jayneejay elle127
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its all down to personal choice ..
we all do whats best for us .. Personally ... As long as people know the risks and the benefits and awre what exactly they are taking then they make their own minds up
jay