Hi all
I posted a few weeks ago when I could no longer get Premique due to manufacturing problems. The GP put me on Elleste Duet but I now have a period after being period free for a long time (probably 2 years). Having had awful periods in the past this was the last thing I wanted as it is brilliant not having a bleed.
I went back today and saw another GP with a Gyne interest. She spent an age looking through the reference book before printing a prescription out. When I re-iterated that I did not want a bleed she then spent more time looking and I now have a prescription for Kliovance (1mg/05mg) continuous. It says in the accompanying leaftlet that I should wait until my period stops before I start taking the Kliovance so am I right to follow this guidance?
Of a slight concern is that the GP is sending me for a scan (within the next 2 weeks) because of the bleeding. I am not unduly worried but wonder if this might show up anything. There has always been a suspicion in my mind that I might have fibroids but this has never been checked out.
Since all this change I have had thrush and cystitis. The cystitis seems to have made my bladder more sensitive and on one ocassion I had an accident and other times I have been very close!
Bearing in mind the Elleste wasn't brilliant at helping me sleep I am asking myself is HRT worth it?
I'm beginning to think there is not an easy answer and I'm fed up with it all. Premique wasn't perfect, but as I am under a bit of stress at the moment I was happy to stick with it until things settled down. I know I have to make the decision now whether to try/persevere with the new HRT (scan results all being ok), or stop the HRT and deal with the awful sweats, tearfulness and mood swings which I've been told will come back anyway if I stopped HRT at a later date.
On the other hand I look at my cousin who is just 18 months older than me who has very severe osteoporosis (3 separate breaks and now an operation this week to try to straighten her toes. She wasn't prescribed HRT because she smokes.
I don't expect that anyone can give me the answer but I feel better just writing it down!