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[Joaniepat]

Does anyone know why I'm getting personal emails regarding this post and links to follow it or unsubscribe to it??
I've never had notifications of posts or threads before. I've not posted on this thread and unticked the box on my profile to not have emails, the box was actually ticked but I'd never done this.
The email stated I was sent the email as I was watching the post. Anyone else had this? Is this unusual?

Same thing happened to me. I thought I must have been fat-fingered and requested notification by mistake, but it would appear not. Most odd.
JP x

[Dierdre]

Think I may of pressed the notify button, not had anymore.

[Kathleen]

Hello again ladies.


I haven't pursued the compounded hormones route though in all honesty I wouldn't rule it out.

The only experience I have is with the NHS and Newson Health though I did see a Consultant at a private hospital back in the day.

The NHS Consultant told me that Utrogestan was proven to protect the womb if used with the agreed amount of Oestrogen and he was happy with my current HRT regime. He went on to suggest that I could try Lutigest as an alternative progesterone which I assume has the same safety profile, unfortunately my GP surgery refuse to prescribe it.

The Consultant at the private hospital was concerned about using a reduced amount of progesterone  and told me that ' we can't keep scanning women you know '.

I just thought I would mention these experiences ladies as they may be of interest to some of you.

Take care everyone.

K.

[Turkish delight]

When I used the Marion Gluck clinic they asked you to organise your own scan before any treatment.

I used a private clinic who also do baby scans. All very quick and easy. But obviously I did have to pay for this. Was about £100 I think.

That's really interesting and relevant.
Can you just book your own transvaginal scan somewhere and not have to see a specialist or GP??

TD

[Turkish delight]

Yes. That's exactly what I did. They have clinics in s the main cities. Mostly doing baby scans I think.

Ultrasound direct. 

OMG THANK YOU SO MUCH 

I've been searching for this but I guess I've been putting the wrong words into the search box. Since the LN programme which was pants IMO I wanted to get a Transvaginal scan, I've only had one before about 5 years ago on NHS.

My search kept showing private meno clinics where you had to pay £200 for a consultation before a scan which cost more on top. All I need is a scan to satisfy myself and my husband(who was scared by the documentary)I don't think I need to consult with a private doc for that.

I've never had children so I haven't had any experience with private baby scans so I was clueless here too.
This is great I just checked and have an Ultrasound Direct in my town.

Fab Thank you CC

TD

[CrispyChick]

You're welcome. I just hope my memory serves me right with all this. It was a few years ago.

I do recall I got the images.  and I think that told me about thickness. I'm pretty sure the radiographer told me this I go whilst doing it.

Absolutely, do it for piece of mind. Good luck xxx

Just checked. Mine was a pelvic scan - well woman. That was ovaries and transvaginal I think. But I'd check with them. I paid £135 a few years ago.

[Turkish delight]

You're welcome. I just hope my memory serves me right with all this. It was a few years ago.

I do recall I got the images.  and I think that told me about thickness. I'm pretty sure the radiographer told me this I go whilst doing it.

Absolutely, do it for piece of mind. Good luck xxx

Thank you 

No, I think you are spot on, it all seems to check out from what I'm seeing on their website.

I'll have to refresh my own memory of max thickness on endo, Off top of my head I think it may be under 4mm is ok, but I need to check and ask here if anyone remembers?

[Kathleen]

Hello again ladies.

I had a scan in April this year with Ultrasound Direct. I think it was about £150 and I was very impressed with the service.

I hope this helps.

Take care ladies.

K.

[Turkish delight]

Thank you K that is helpful.

Sorry this is going kinda off topic for this LN thread but the documentary has thrown up a debate on whether the amount of O is balanced with P when having above licence dose of O.

I'm looking through this website archives and it seems if I want to check endo thickness I need a TD or Transdermal scan so like a baby scan and not a TV Transvaginal scan, is that right?

TD

[Kathleen]

Hello Turkish Delight.

The scan I had was an ultrasound of the womb which is usually done for pregnancy and involves putting gel on the abdomen and using an ultrasound wand to go over the surface of the skin. For this they like you to have a full bladder so that it pushes the womb nearer to the surface as this results in a clearer image.  You then empty your bladder before beginning the second part of the procedure.
 This involves inserting a different shaped wand into the vagina to scan the womb from the inside.  Both procedures are painless by the way.

If I were you I'd ring the clinic nearest to you or their head office which is in Birmingham I believe, and they can tell you more about what's on offer and deal with any concerns that you have.

I hope you get sorted soon and wishing you well..

K.

[joziel]

When I first got my endo pains at age 35yo, I had an ultrasound on the NHS but they only did the external kind and I read online this wasn't as accurate as internal...

So I paid privately and went to some gynaecologist on Harley St for an internal scan. I think he usually did fertility scans etc, because he was telling me I had loads of eggs and everything looked great from a fertility perspective - and I didn't want kids and couldn't care less  and just wanted to know everything looked okay and whether he could see any signs of adhesions.

He couldn't. It was only when I had my laparoscopy that they found the endo. But anyway - yes - you can get them privately 

[Turkish delight]

When I first got my endo pains at age 35yo, I had an ultrasound on the NHS but they only did the external kind and I read online this wasn't as accurate as internal...

So I paid privately and went to some gynaecologist on Harley St for an internal scan. I think he usually did fertility scans etc, because he was telling me I had loads of eggs and everything looked great from a fertility perspective - and I didn't want kids and couldn't care less  and just wanted to know everything looked okay and whether he could see any signs of adhesions.

He couldn't. It was only when I had my laparoscopy that they found the endo. But anyway - yes - you can get them privately 

Thank you so much for helping me.

So both TV and TD Is what I need to get.That is what GP gave me 5 years ago on NHS so makes sense.

[chopsuey]

Definitely worth doing. Until July, I was taking 100mg Utro vaginally for 14 days with 4 pumps of Oestrogel daily. I had no unscheduled bleeding or any signs that anything was amiss. Decided to have a scan anyway, privately. I was shocked when it revealed a thickness of 11.7 mm plus several polyps.

I have since had two hysteroscopies for biopsy and removal of the polyps and now have a Mirena fitted, as I couldn't tolerate more Utro.

[Seasidegirl]

Thanks for the info CrispyChick, there's a clinic near to me too.  Looks to be £145 which includes a report for the GP.

I've been struggling to take a full dose of progesterone and I'm a bit worried (especially post Panorama 🙄), plus I had a fibroid identified a couple of years ago and is be invested in whether that has alerted post HRT. 

[rferdi]

The Panorama programme was very one-dimensional.

It's goal seemed to be to shame LN, and put fear in women and the private and NHS practices again,
just like the original Women’s Health Initiative study in 2002.

TD

After having watched it, I couldn't agree more with this.