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Thanks for your replies. 

I have used YES VM internally as well as externally on nights that I don't use a hormone treatment - can it stop the hormone being absorbed?

No I would say its ok to do both, I use Yes moisturiser when using Ovestin (Estriol) and it doesn't seem to have any effect on its efficiency.

Perhaps try the WB Yes, I can't tolerate the VM one, it irritated and made me sore but I'm fine with water based. 

Just got back from Majorca for a week, had a lovely time and felt so well and chilled. Thought I'd have a change from Lanzarote and decided to have a package holiday instead of doing it all myself to lower my anxiety and be pampered.
All was lovely at the 4 star hotel but on the last night had an email from TUI notifying a change of airline to Go2Sky, a private Slovakian airline and to go to the airport as normal. My TUi boarding pass didn't work on my phone either way so got my pass when dropped of case. Palma aiirport was a nightmare and got past passport and security 15 mins before the gate closed so no time for a drink. Then they changed the gate number (no notification on the TUIapp, just lucky I went to check the board again) and everyone had to dash to the other end of the airport.
No TUi reps in sight, might as well do it yourself anyway and alot cheaper. Plus I can go back to the same hotel and book direct or through booking.com

I use vagisil prohydrate.  I mix it with my ovestin/estriol cream and apply at night.  I've had no irritation.  It's around £10 and the tube isn't big though. I use vagifem too. The vagifem won't hydrate the outside. Both areas need treating separately.

Thanks girls for reply, im gonna try maybe cut it to 3 pieces, because i tried a full patch for 4 months since last year December, started to bleed on month 4, had ultrasound they found a fibromioma on my ovary 5cm, stopped on that stage patches. But they said to start again cause the lining of my womb is ok. But im too scared to restart a full patch, cause had very sore boobs and enlarged under armpits lymph. 🙈

Depending on how old your children are, that's a lot of time and life wasted and spent unhappy and then children whatever their age have to deal with it at some point. Of course we don't know what the future brings in terms of health etc so it's not always a good idea to live for an ideal future. My daughter and her husband recently separated and the children have adjusted remarkably well. If he does everything in the house that would be a big change of course. It doesn't sound a happy way to live at all.

New member today! Looking for support and advice. After a tiny post menopausal bleed, and a biopsy which showed endometrial thickening, but no cancerous or pre-cancerous changes, I was advised to stop daily Utrogestan 100mg, which I had taken with 2 x Oestrogel for 5 years and felt absolutely GREAT on, and take Provera 5mg three times a day (so 15mg a day) for 4 months . I did as I was told, and had side effects almost immediately which just got worse and worse over the next 9 weeks 2 days. Headache + nausea. Sore breasts. Heavy night sweating 6 weeks +. Next came daily weird chills and shaking, lots of hot flushes, terrible insomnia, daily anxiety + panic attacks (NEVER had these before) and then heavy bleeding for 15 days. GP said they didn't think it could be the Provera, but as a practice they're not very HRT savvy at all. So I paid for a private menopause appointment and that specialist GP said yes it almost definitely is Provera. I had already just decided to stop taking it and they advised me to go back on Utrogestan but double it to 200mg to protect endometrium. I have now been OFF PROVERA for 4 WEEKS 3 DAYS but still having hot flushes, insomnia and anxiety although there is an upward trend and I can see I am improving overall. I just can't believe it's taking so long to get the Provera effect out of my system, specialist GP says it could take 6-8 weeks! Has anyone else had anything like this? What did you do? I feel absolutely dreadful and usually feel so good. Being sensible and having my PMB checked out seems to have been the worst decision I ever made.

My sister cut fat out of her diet completely while waiting for surgery. It was the only way she stopped the pain. Very hard to do, it means any food that has fat in eg salmon, it limits your diet a lot, it helped though.

Last day of Franklins Nights so hopefully no night frosts as runner bean plants now out.
Trying 2 climbing squashes this year after walking through an archway of them at RHS Rosemoor last year.

If you can don’t eat any fatty food if possible as it will bring on a bout of pain if this is gallstones.

I had them in 2000 and didn’t get a scan which I believe happens nowadays so hope you get one soon.

Hi

I use oestrogel and when the new bottle shape was introduced it was obvious, by sight, that it wasn't dispensing the same amount for each pump so I bought a cheap (£5-ish) set of jewellers scales. I now weigh each pump of gel and adjust amount to correct dose. It's easy to depress the pump a tiny way to get 20 odd g at a time. I also use them for my testosterone.

If you do change to gel I'd recommend a set of jewellers scales, easy to find on amazon, and weigh out whatever your required dose is. You'll also soon get useful to whatever your dose looks like and be able to do it by eye.

Suzie