Menopause Matters Forum
Menopause Discussion => Postmenopause => Topic started by: discogirl on December 14, 2022, 06:31:12 PM
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i recently had my estrogen levels checked.
they were 267pmo/l.
what i dont understand is that it says that 'normal' levels for post meno wimen are between 0 to 30
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That’s normal for post menopausal women who are not on hrt. x
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ah i see. i understand
thanks dotty.
so you dont think those levels indicate my estrogen levels are too high x
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No not too high. I think the guidance is that levels should be between 400 - 600 on hrt. But levels should be whatever you need to be symptom free. For that reason levels are pointless. x
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I just wanted to share mine - 91 pmol! I’m shocked - so obviously wasn’t absorbing the gel at all.
So patches it is for me and I hope that I do absorb something from them. I know I need to go slow and steady to start to build my reserves up.
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Hi Discogirl,
I've had two tests for oestrogen levels. One in January 2021, after 12 months without a period, and one at the beginning of this year. The first one was 586 pmol and the 2nd one 29 pmol. There was a huge drop in the space of a year! I couldn't understand why it was still so high after 12 months without a period because I've never been on HRT.
Sometimes these things don't make sense at all.
Karine
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That's because it's a gradual decline and the ovaries continue to do 'something' for some time after bleeds stop