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[Taz2]

Have you had a look at this forum Cheeky http://www.hysterectomy-association.org.uk/forums/viewforum.php?f=56   There are lots of women who have one op only to find that another is then needed so you are not alone and this is what I am sure will happen to me too - hyster for womb prolapse and then more prolapsing after of the other organs 

I think that you would benefit from trying another HRT - sorry but I don't know which one you were on before?

Taz x

[palmagirl]

Hi Hurdity
I am just back from a city break holiday - and walked about for 5 hours! Honest to god after all my advice to Luckystone about doing exercise fr 5 hours too. But the point of this post isnt to talk about exhaustion - altho hubby and I were quite tired after all the trudging about - its to confess that I wore STUPID SHOES on the walk and have ruined my poor old tendons. And me with a chirop appt next Tuesday! Normally I would wear good supportive sandals like my Merrill ones that I left at home. This time I was to be seen wearing light sandshoe things Convers I think they are. At 59 I now know without a doubt that I cannot ever do this again. Heels toes and the side of my calves are throbbing. I know what you are saying about the positive mindset of staying active when you are in your 50s - and I do. But correct footwear is A MUST ladies. Apologies to all you ladies who already know this
PG
X

[cutey1]

Hi Taz & Susan,

I was on Elestte Solo 1mg tab for 5 months - came off as I kept having bleeds and my last one would not stop - had 5 days of bleed then constant spotting, it lasted for nearly 3 weeks, until I stopped the tablet!
I was on Elestte Solo patch before - again I kept having constant bleeds, plus headaches, nausea and generally feeling like yuck, so came off the patch for 2 months before the doctor wanted me to try the 1mg tablet (as my other symptoms came back - flushes, irritability, moods etc).  I have to say HRT does make me feel much better in myself!

I hate going to my GP as they do not seem bothered with the whole Menopause/HRT thing! 

Thanks girls x

[Taz2]

Isn't that an oestrogen only HRT? Which progesterone were you using Cheeky?

Taz x

[cutey1]

Hi Taz & Susan,

Yes it is Oestrogen only!
I have the Mirena for the progesterone! X

[cutey1]

I have started using my Kegel Machine again today- I cannot remember the last time I used it 😞
I remember my physio saying that if I was suffering I was to use it and ramp it up! Funny how you don't remember things until you are feeling at your worse - I can but try!

So going back to basics 😉

[cutey1]

Hi Susan,

I was put on Vagifem a year after my op by the physio I was referred to by my consultant - I had just started HRT then too - a couple of months later we moved to a different county and my new GP took me off it as she said I was having far too much eostrogen and it was not healthy - I tried to explain to her that I was only to use it to try and strengthen my muscles for a while!

It has been a nightmare here with the GP's since I moved!

But........I do have about 5 boxes of Vagifem as I stored them - so I could always revert back to them for a a few weeks to see if it helps 

I do desperately need to lose a couple of stone to, but it is getting me down as I want to exercise but this feeling down below gets me down - but I am going to start the exercise bike to strengthen me a little - plus I have a pelvic floor dvd too to start to try and strengthen those a little more too!  To be honest I have been very lazy this past year to not helped myself at all!  And.....as I am a hands on lady and when I have a project I stick with it - so have been doing lots of decorating and housey things  since we moved - I really do not do myself any favours, but I am not a woman who can just sit about, I have to keep myself busy 

I have done my Kegels these past couple of nights and I have to say, they are helping a little - so I will keep this up everynight for about a month then see how they are and maybe drop to a couple of nights a week as I will do my dvd too!

Oh.......as you say, it is soooooooo easy to forget to keep things going when you are feeling good - then as you say......whoosh.............it hits you like a brick!!!!!!!!

I will get there..........eventually xxxxxxx

[Taz2]

H cheeky - I stored some Vagifem but it went out of date really quickly. 

With the pelvic floor exercises they have to be done everyday and it can take a good three months for any real difference to be noticed. It is best to get a programme set for you by a pelvic floor specialist nurse but as this is probably  not available to you then a regime of ten long, slow pull ups with a ten second hold at the end of each pull up  at least ten times a day will start you off. You should also do quick "winks" of the pelvic floor - pull it up quickly and sharply five times at the end of every set of ten long holds. What type of prolapse do you have?

Taz x

[cutey1]

Taz - yes I have my re-training regime for manual pelvic floors and Kegel programme from my previous physio, so I have started that again - I will do my Kegel machine (well it is actually Neurotrac Machine, recommended again by my physio) for the next 3 months and hopefully this will get it back on track again - it does feel very different these past 2 days since using the machine than it has for the past week - thank goodness!  I had an Anterior Muscle Repair with TVT Sept 2008!  My muscles have been so weak since the op - I went back to my consultant a yr after my op to get checked out and he said they were very, very weak so hence he referred me to a phyisotherpaist who dealt with Pelvic disorders! 

Susan - not sure if the Vagi helped or not really as I was not on it long enough as the GP when I moved took it off my repeat and frightened me to death when she said I was getting too much oestrogen due to me being on the patch too! 

Mrs P - yes I must check the date on my packs, but a GP friend of mine has told me before that drugs/medication etc will still work after the sell by date - the manufacturers put it on there to cover themselves 

Thanks ladies, just off now to check the use by date!!! xxxxxxx

[Bette]

not sure if the Vagi helped or not really as I was not on it long enough as the GP when I moved took it off my repeat and frightened me to death when she said I was getting too much oestrogen due to me being on the patch too! And is this the same gp who refused to refer you to a meno clinic because she couldn't see what they'd do for you which she couldn't?! Well, get their facts straight for a start!!!! 
Bette x

[cutey1]

Hi Bette - no it was the first practice that I went to when I first moved area - I never went back after that consultation, then registered at the practice that I am still with now - but this practice did give me the Vagifem again, prescribed by the nurse practitioner (as I took my letter from my physio in Oxfordshire explaining why I needed to be on the Vagifem) - but when I went to see the GP (who was the senior partner) when I was struggling with my HRT, he again took me off it saying that I did not need it as I was getting the oestrogen from the HRT - but he was terrible with any information regarding HRT, so I went to the female GP there,  who is the one who told me she would not refer me to the menopause clinic as they could not do anything different that she could do!!!!!!!!

My stored Vagifem (I have 5 boxes of 15)  runs out in 2013, so another year left to use them!

Thanks girls for all your replies xxxxxxx

[LellyM]

Hi All,

Think I am in the same position as Jax. I also am a stage performer and after a gig (like last night) the following day I feel lousy.  Tired,  sick and fit for nothing but vegging on the sofa!