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[Whitewitch1965]

Hi
Not posted before. Cooking up to 10 years since my last period and been on HRT most of it. Starting to notice a distinct change again.  I can feel the lack of effects of Oestrogen for a while so decided to put my pumps up to 3 from 2 and it helped a little, mainly with my mood. Put extra weight on around my belly n boobs i dont want though! Thought i would get an internal pelvic scan, as I already get these every 2 years privately, as I use minimum utrogestan.  It showed no growth in lining but much more shrinkage in ovaries😪 I then decided to get my bloods done which showed less oestrogen than when I started 9 years ago and a higher than menopause range of LH which when I googled just said it goes high when in menopause and ovaries start to shut down. I wanted to ask the question, even with HRT are the brain receptors still shutting down as we age? Any thoughts would be appreciated

[CLKD]

Yep.  And    although the ovaries may continue to pump out small amounts of oestrogen for many years.

Browse round.  Make notes.  Ask away.  Have U actually put on weight?

As oestrogen levels drop the body may become dry: Inside and out; deep in the ears, nostrils, scalp, vagina, anus, between the toes ...... as well as muscles may become lax = aches and pains.  Oestrogen is the bodies elastic ;-).

Which regime are U using?

[bombsh3ll]

I think the issue with today's doses of estrogen is that they are so much lower than those in the era from which much of the evidence of long term health benefits comes.

Evidence is starting to emerge now of FSH as a marker of disease risk in various systems, particularly bone, brain and cardiovascular.

I agree with getting a pelvic scan every year or two, I am a non carrier within a BRCA family and had already started getting pelvic scans before finding out I was negative, but I decided to continue screening anyway and will also use this to monitor my endometrial lining once I graduate from the COCP and start hormone therapy as I too plan to minimise progestogen exposure.