With reference to my last post, thought I would start a new one and get some of you very clever ladies input, Hurdity, I am hoping that you may have some input.
I supposedly went through meno @ the tender age of 38 and started on Oestrogel and Utrogestan when I turned 40...my 40's were great with absolutely no signs of meno, no flushing, anxiety nor any other nasties, felt perfectly happy & healthy. I did have my Oestrogen levels tested for interest sake a few yrs back and they were in the higher levels of 600...this leads me to believe that although original blood tests had indicated, that I was post menopausal by the age of 40, I am convinced that my ovaries were still giving off hormones, as I have only ever used 1 max 1 and a half pumps of the gel and yet my levels of oestrogen were relatively high and I was symptom free unless I am just one of those ladies who absorbs the oestrogen well. But the fact that I am now, for the first time, getting a few flushes and less days of withdrawal bleed as I have got into the 50's tells me that my ovaries that I presumed were "dead" were in fact still partly functional?? At my last test my Oestrogen level showed to have come down to the 300 mark.
I guess what I am trying to say here is....that we should not underestimate our supposed dormant ovaries, my Dr said mine were just little blips on the scan as they appear to still throw out hormones whilst blood tests indicate post meno, I guess I may even have ovulated at times as I had ovarian cyst showing on the scan for a couple of yrs and then it disappeared....perhaps this is why some women who go through early meno do in fact end up falling pregnant after being diagnosed....
What do you ladies think?
