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[Hurdity]

skkb - your HDL is over the limit ( range 1.2-1.7) but your ratio of Total ch/HDL is 2.33 so that's fine!

Also - you really don't need to see Studd! He is very expensive and if you are happy on what you have been prescribed and your docs are happy to prescribe it then what's the problem?

Ditto Tempest - I realise you are joking but seriously, what he prescribes is available on NHS (except for testosterone and this can be prescribed off licence). There are many NHS (and even private) specialists much closer than London -esepcailly in Scotland. Dr Currie is based in Dumfries.

This treatment is not reserved for the privileged few who can afford his extortionate fees!

Here is Dr Currie's recent comment on the matter:

Products such as Oestrogel and Utrogestan are readily available on prescription in the UK and there should be no need to bypass the current system. If your GP is unaware/unwilling to prescribe, then ask to be referred to a specialist service. My job as chair of the British Menopause Society is to provide education so that there is a general level of understanding across primary care, and to increase the number of specialist services around the UK--we are well on the way to doing this but much is still to do.
Best wishes to you all
Heather

Hurdity x

[elliebean]

Hurdity, thanks for your reassurance about my cholesterol. I checked my risk on that website too and it seems that my risk of a heart attack in the next 10 years is 4.1% and my heart age is 57. I have to use 3 pumps a day till I go back at the end of July to see Professor Studd again. I'll have another blood test then and presumably my dose will be tweaked then, as necessary.

Olive, if you're going to see Professor Studd at Wimpole Street you will definitely see him.

skkb, I don't seem able to send you a PM, but I'm happy to tell you what Professor Studd's fees are. I don't, however, want to breach any forum rules. It wasn't cheap, but for me it was worth it as my GP was not helpful and I'd lost confidence in him. It's only about an hour and a half to London by train from here and I discussed it at length with my husband first.

[Mary G]

Professor Studd costs about £300 for the initial consultation and you can take your own blood test results, mammogram/scans, xrays etc. with you - this is what I did.  The best thing to do is to ring his office and speak to one of his secretaries who can give you more details and run through any tests you might need.  You can also check out his website.

[skkb]

Thank you for the information. Hurdity I will have another look at my cholesterol readings, perhaps I got it wrong but I understood higher HDL is good!! LDL is the bad stuff. Anyway I have booked a scan locally in two weeks time to have womb lining and ovaries checked, I've never had this done pre or post menopause and as I take hrt but haven't had a bleed in.....must be six years.....thought I'd check the lining, this scan includes the ovaries also so that can't be a bad thing to keep an eye on.

[skkb]

Just a thought, does anyone know what is "normal thickness" for the womb lining? !!

[Cassie]

Under 5mm

[CLKD]

I've had high readings of cholesterol but my life-style is, apparently, good 

[Tempest]

Thank you for your brilliant reply, Hurdity! I didn't realise Dr. Currie was 'up here'! I actually really have a lot of faith in the Consultant I see at the Sandyford Menopause Clinic (Dr Tamsin Groom). She's been there a good while and has a lovely manner and totally advocates a woman's right to feel good and to make informed choices.

Do you know what I'm going to do? Take some 'tincture of time', and give things a wee while to settle. 😊 xx

[skkb]

Under 5mm....wow....I googled and found that between 8mm and 11mm is normal !! No wonder we get confused

[Cassie]

Is that not perhaps normal for a pregnant woman skbb? I know that when my level was 7mm at one stage due to not taking my Utrogestan regularly, I was in trouble with my gynae....