Hello there
I posted a while back when i just started on (sept 2016) oestrogel ( 2 pumps) and utrogestan (2 tabs orally days 15-26) and things seemed to be ok until end of last year - more hot flushes in the day, bad nights sleep, hot, grumpy etc. Upped my gel to 3 pumps but this past 6 months just feeling more and more tired, grumpy, fatigued etc. The bleeds on utro were a bit hit and miss, sometimes get them, sometimes not, sometimes heavy sometimes not, and all usually 3 days before i actually finish the tabs.
Via HRT review with GP in March where she didnt really know what i should be getting re bleeds she sent me to gynaecologist.
Recently have had pelvic ultrasound, trans vaginal scope and blood test for oestradiol. Results show low oestrogen 253pmol/L, 2mm thick lining, and numerous small fibroids and cysts, with a fibroid probably pressing into endometrium causing bleeding as with that oestrogen level and womb lining Gynae says i shouldnt be having a bleed and thinks i'm not absorbing the oestrogel.
she wants to do a hysteroscopy, look at fibroids and possibly fit a Mirena coil and put me on Zumenon tablets for oestrogen part.
Couple of questions - has anyone else stopped absorbing the gel ( or patches)? I'm now trying different sites. previously was putting on outer thighs only. until hysteroscopy later next month i'm now using inner thighs, inner lower arm and shoulder. 3 pumps is a lot of gel to dispose of!
and is anyone else on this potential new regime - coil and zumenon? wasnt keen on coil and tabs but current regime doesnt seem to be working.
any thoughts/advice gratefully received from this excellent forum.
Ell
P.s. was peri at 43, struggled with symptoms, trying to treat with natural remedies, jan 2016 last period, sept 2016 started HRT as on my knees with insomnia and night sweats.