Haha Pollyanna, I believe we do!!
GP's have 15mins consultation and boom...out the door, next! They truly don't understand menopause, the effects, the symptoms that can take hold of us. You can't pigeon hole us with a prescription of "one size, fits all". The Menopause Clinic said, not every HRT product is suitable to every woman. That ladies is what makes Woman Kind so GREAT! We are all different!!
In a little over a year, this will be my 5th HRT product and although I felt a little "blurgh" yesterday with a bit of joint pain, I still feel upbeat. I've not looked at my weight, but I know I've gained. I could never get on with the patches, the sticky wasn't sticky enough for me. I kept losing them in the shower or bath, so I used a waterproof plaster on top of the patch...my poor ar*e looked like a patchwork, especially as my skin reacts to plasters too, not great!
My understanding of Livial (contains a substance called Tibolone). Instead of containing hormones, our own bodies break down the Tib to make our own hormones.
Years ago, when I used the contraceptive pill, once a month I would wake up feeling sick, then as soon as I was sick, I was fine. I didn't start my period until I was 16yrs and my mother thought by putting me on the pill it would regulate them, it did. I was on it until my last child was born in 94, then I stopped all together. No more sickness. I think my own hormone production was so very low, that could be the reason why the PILL or HRT, has been too strong for me?! Without a hormonal blood test (My Dr's wont do) I will never know or understand where my hormone levels are. Which is a shame they don't do it, as it would give GP's a better understanding of which HRT they could prescribe, instead of the hit and miss approach, with months/years of upset, for the patient.
Being under the careful watchful eye of the Menopause Clinic, I can call them anytime and if they need to tinker with the HRT, they can.
Claire x
