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[Yahana]

Hello Mutti60,
I am 56, had last period at 52 and started HRT at 55.  I've been taking it now for about 15 months, mainly for memory issues and hot flushes, and my memory problems have now all but gone.  Daytime hot flushes disappeared very soon after starting HRT but night time ones persisted until a couple of months ago.  Now I barely notice them either.  It was all a gradual process with good times and bad times, especially re memory, but now I am so much better.  I knew nothing about HRT either at the beginning but the doctor was great and explained it all.  I hope you find something that works for you.

[CLKD]

   Yahana

[Yahana]

Thank YOU CLKD, and thank you to everyone who contributes to MM.  I haven't written much since joining but I do read a lot, and have found so much support and comfort here during the last few difficult years.     

[Mutti60]

Week I've been to the Dr and he has prescribed Femoston 0.5mg. I asked about my mums history of DVT but he didn't think there was a risk to me.
I'm a non smoker and a bit overweight though 2 stone lighter than I was at the beginning of the year. No problems with my cholesterol. He asked if I preferred pills or patches so I chose the pill. He also asked me to try it for a while to see if it suited me and if not to come back. So I'm going to do that and hopefully see some reduction in flushes an improvement in my memory.

One thing I forgot to ask is will the HRT get rid of the hairs that have started to appear on my chin.?

[CLKD]

Oh do read my thread about 'My Chin'  ........

Do you feel supported by your GP? 

Well done on the weight loss!  If you have any receipts which have helped then perhaps put them on the appropriate thread here 

[Mutti60]

I don't know about feeling supported by my GP.  I told him my symptoms and that I wanted to try HRT. I mentioned that when I first went to the surgery a couple of years ago I was told HRT wasn't recommended and he told me that it still wasn't necessarily recommended and gave me the statistics re Breast cancer risk etc. But he did say that some of his patients felt like new women after going onto HRT and gave me the prescription.

[peri]

Honestly some GP's need to get up to date! It's telling though that he gave you the prescription, hope it works out for you but if it doesn't you can always try another hrt x

[CLKD]

Did he give you the statistics verbally or written down ?  As a menopausal woman I would tell mine that there is no way that I would remember anyway