Thank you so much for your replies.
I was on hrt originally 7 years ago when I was perimenopausal, with hot flushes and heavy bleeding - 2-4 pumps of oestrogel and a mirena coil for four years.
In May I was feeling totally exhausted and very glum so my gp put me on hrt - this time 8 pumps of gel, one utrogestan pill at night and some testosterone.
It seemed like a sledge hammer to crack a nut.
I have reduced down to 4 pumps at the moment but still have breakthrough bleeding. It has been 4 months back on hrt.
I still do not feel amazing which is what I was told I would feel and still feel tired all the time.
I did had my blood test in the same area that I was rubbing in gel as I didn't even think about that
I will remember that next time, thanks.
Any further help would be great!