Hi everyone
I am new to this group as of about 1 hour ago because I am looking to get some help/advice.
I am 58 years old and been on HRT for 20 months now. I managed to go 7 years without anything and then bang, it hit me big style. I was originally on Kliovance which was horrific and then after 5 months of being told "you have to give it time", I went to see a GP with the list of side effects I was encountering and he said "Wow! we have to change that then" and he was lovely about it, no questions asked, and changed it to Evorel Conti. I had initial bleeding, which I expected due to change in dose etc followed by some spotting / breakthrough but was still within the 6 months of the new ones but had blood tests done anyway, which came back ok.
The spotting / breakthrough carried on, and still does, roughly every 6 weeks or so.
I have an off the charts phobia of cancer so was terrified.
I was seen by a Gynaecologist 3 days before Christmas just gone - and why are they always 6 feet tall with hands the size of snow shovels please - who carried out the external scan, internal scan, biopsy etc. All came back fine . The lining was thicker than "normal" and I have Fibroids which I already knew about, so he said no issues. I asked about a Hysterectomy but that was pushed aside unless there was anything wrong with the biopsy.
What I am looking to find out is what people have been told about what happens if you stop and how you go about it because all I get told is if I can put up with it, then just crack on because the Estrogen feeds the Fibroids which makes them grow, so they have to "release" at some point.
I suffer with the most horrendous muscle cramps in my upper back / around the shoulder blade that literally take my breath away, stomach cramps like you used to get before a period, nausea and weight gain.
Mentally, this is draining me something chronic and I really don't know what to do anymore.
Thank You