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[Taz2]

I think you have to give it three months at least to find out. My first bleed was horrendous in terms of cramps and flooding but the second one was much better - only lasted 6 days and only one day when I had to take a hot water bottle to work!! Am now working up to the third one - next weekend it is due - and I think the sore boobs and pmt are slightly less bothersome than the previous two times 

Hope you get quick relief.

Love Taz x

[Taz2]

I have just read a report in the Telegraph (26th Feb) which gives the results of a survey carried out by (i'm not sure who as it didn't seem to be specified) which seemed to say that it is the first year of HRT taking which can lead to breast cancers. Rik or Dr Currie - Help!!! Have you seen this article or could you give us some more details on the actual survey.

Thanks.

Taz

[newstart]

Hi Taz

Yes, I picked this up as well.  This is partly what I was worried about when I started the other thread.  I think this Daily Telegraph report is re-hashing the information which is in the news articles on this site.

It talks about abnormalities being identified within first year of taking HRT - but what sorts of abnormalities does it mean?  Breast cancer or other things - like calcification, for example?

To relate this to my own personal concerns:when I had my routine scan after my fiftieth birthday, a tiny amount of calcification was found in each breast.  I had keyhole surgery to get rid of this.  I was told that there was a one in 20 likliehood of this being cancerous - but the results came back negative.  Now I am concerned that this might have been the result of my taking Prepak for about six weeks about five months earlier.  If there is a connection, I wonder what is happening now when I have been taking Premique for seven months?  What are the implications of having abnormal scan results even if the condition is found to be benign?  Does this indicate an increased risk of something more serious in the future?

I would be also be very grateful for some more information from Dr Currie.

Thank you,

Patricia

[rik]

Dr. Currie's added a comment to the news item:

http://www.menopausematters.co.uk/newsitem.php?recordID=70

The bit you'll really want to hear tho is: "... the report is NOT saying that there is an increase in the risk of breast cancer in the first year."

[newstart]

Hello Rik and Dr Currie

Thank you for explaining this so clearly.  It is much appreciated.

Kind regards

Patricia

[mary]

Women's Health Concern,the Charity, have very straightforward advice, Dr John Stevenson puts it in perspective. The figures in ie the Telegraph look very bad, but when you analyse them, they are minimal.
The advice is: carry on

Me: I'm sticking to my patches, I can't live my life like it was, I work 40 hours a week, my kids need me upright, as does my lovely hubby. Roll on our 35th wedding anniversary 23rd March....I will be up and partying........well, up until about 11pm

[hotmomma]

I am coming to the end of my first week on Kliofem.
Not the miracle cure I was expecting...but, I do beleive the flushes and boiling sweats (up to 30 a day/night!!!!!) are beginning to diminish ......only noticed about 3 so far today, whereas by now I would normally have had a couple of showers and changes of clothes......
So for me it's so far so good.......
just one thing I have noticed though, although the pills i am on are the continual no-bleed type (my doc thought that as I just turned 50 and only had one or two periods in last 12 months, I would 'get away' with this type???) for three days now i have felt very pre menstrual, tearful, and with severe period pains although no period. Is this the norm with these pills?

[Taz2]

I'm not sure if it is the norm or not for continual hrt. I am on everol sequi as my gp was adamant that as I had had three periods in the past year there was no way I could get away with a no-bleed type. What are we to believe!!! I am 54 by the way. I hadn't had a period for 9 months but she still said that the risk from endometrial cancer was too great as I had not gone a whole year without a period.

Hopefully someone will be along soon with more info for you but I hope you feel better soon. I feel like you for the second half of the month and have been told it is the fact that my patch has norethisteronein it. The benefits so far though outweigh the negatives so I will carry on with the one I am on.

Love Taz x

[juju]

Hi Hotmomma!I was on no bleed and had kliovance and kliofem....cant remember which first but I hadnt had a period for over a year and was over 50,however I did have bleeds which I shouldnt have had.It is quite normal to have them for the first three months so dont be surprised if you do.I am now on premique and have been for about a year or more and I havent had any bleeds with them.The main difference for me to was that the flushes eventually almost totally stopped and i regained the confidence I had lost and lost the generally wobbly feeling I had most of the times pre hrt!Julie xx

[Forgetful]

Hi

I took Kliovance for 6 months, by the time I came off them I was tearful, anxious and feeling sick all the time, they affected my liver function as well as my moods.

Now four months later, no moods, feeling much better (so far) just putting up with the hot flushes and tiredness.

I think it is the progestogen in the continuous HRT that gives you the PMT symptoms.

It is a personal decision but so far I prefer the hot flushes.

Forgetful x

[hotmomma]

 
thats very helpful input.
I think I need to go back to GP. I was just so grateful that she gave me HRT....I accepted anything, and hadn't really researched the different types that much.
Are the patches easily obtainable? AND AS EFFECTIVE? I must admit i like the idea of them more than a pill....as I have said elsewhere, I am very susceptible to drugs and always have adverse reactions.....

[Taz2]

My patches started working within 12 hours. I went from hot sweats - totally drenching ones - every 20 minutes to none at all but I've never had the pills so cant compare but I really worked hard to get the patches and I'm not giving them up now!

Love Taz x

[hotmomma]

Doc has told me to leave off kliofem, for two weeks ......

After that she will give me patches plus a pill containing progesterone....I think

Does that sound right?
just worried how I will feel on 2 weeks off the HRT (only been on it 2 weeks LOL)....
watch this space............

[newstart]

Hi Hots

You may have a residual benefit from the Kliofem for a couple of weeks - fingers crossed.

Patricia

[hotmomma]

Thanks newstart, I hope so.
But I have got horrendous period pains now, so looks like i might have a period/withdrawal bleed anytime now...
I can just about cope with that LOL, just so long as the sweats dont come back whilst I'm on me cruise