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[Suzyq]

Phew thanks so much. The specialist said this is going to make you feel great, and he was right! Almost too chatty after years of feeling so ill that I really couldn't even be bothered to talk much. Fingers crossed that it continues

[Suzyq]

Well it seems like I was a bit premature as yesterday felt so ill all day. Hot headaches, feeling sick. Felt like I had a surge for a couple of days but now feel no better. Will try to stick out for a couple of weeks before increasing

[Kathleen]

Hello Suzyq.
Sorry to hear you are not feeling good after a promising start.  Hopefully you'll pick up again soon.

Are you sure it's hormonal and not  the beginning of an illness?  I only ask as my daughter has Norovirus at the moment so that is obviously doing the rounds.

Take care.

K.

[Suzyq]

Hi Kathleen, god knows!

It felt like I normally do, very hot, headache, generally feeling ill, foggy etc. feel much more stable today so think it's probably just too early to decide.

How are you feeling? Are you still finding it tough, or having a good day? For me, that's the worst - just never knowing how I'm going to feel from one day to the next!!

[Kathleen]

Hello Suzyq.
Only just seen your post so sorry for not responding sooner. Your comment about not knowing how you are going to feel is certainly true for me. I ducked out of a family get together today but when I was at home I felt okay and wondered if I could have gone after all. Infact I felt pretty good and thought maybe the vitamins I'm taking are having a super effect.  Well, I'm sure you can guess the next bit, yep, I'm all anxious again just because we've had a phone call to say another family member is on their way to see us!
Not knowing from one day to the next is bad enough, but from one hour to the next is beyond a joke!
This whole thing is exhausting isn't it.
Take care and wishing you well.
K.

[Suzyq]

Yeah I did mean one hour to the next!! I'm sure you will be fine once your visitors arrive - the anticipation is always worse than the actual event! Wishing you a very merry and stress-free Xmas. Today I am trying to be thankful for all the good things in my life .... It is absolutely exhausting!!

Susan

[Kathleen]

Hello Suzyq.
You are right, the anticipation is always worse than the event and although some parts of my brain know that, other parts seem to think I'm about to face a life or death experience.
Thank you for your kind wishes and here's hoping your Xmas is a good one. Onward and upward we go.
Take care.
K.

[CLKD]

Montreal!  do you have thick snow yet?  The UK is expecting yet more blustery storms and in Scotland, roads have been closed early this morning due to snow - open again now but for how long 

Little steps.  HORMONES  ........... keep posting!

How do you spend the Festive season? 

[Suzyq]

We have had two big winter storms in the last 10 days so yes we have more than enough snow - makes Xmas shopping interesting! I saw in the daily mail that bad weather was heading to uk!! How horrible over Xmas....

My eldest daughter is here from nottingham so we are all enjoying seeing her (especially my youngest teenage daughter). We go sledging on Xmas morning, but it is pretty quiet really with all our family in England.

Have upped my estrogel yesterday and it has stopped the hot flushes and headaches but I am still having some small spells of anxiety, although it was surrounded by thousands of people in the shops! I think it may 'wear off' a bit as the day goes on so maybe a patch would be better for me! God knows! Still muddling through and managed to stay at the shops for 4 hours after I breathed through the anxiety!!

Hope you all have a good xmas

[Suzyq]

2 weeks now on estrogel and it has helped a lot with all of my symptoms. Headaches gone, more energy, less anxious, general feeling of blah gone! Even my blood pressure has come down so I have had to reduce my medication slightly.

I have noticed my heartrate has increased slightly and I've had a couple of very small dizzy spells? Not sure why, but probably just still settling in. Feel really a lot better and more stable

[CLKD]

... and with feeling better comes being more logical about symptoms ......... so don't rush into things because you are beginning to feel better, otherwise you will use up energy your body is producing.  Little steps .......

Sledging on C.mas Day, how Lucky is that 

[Suzyq]

Well actually couldn't sledge as was way too cold to stand about outside so made do with a 40 minute walk. Hope the storms didn't destroy your xmas

[Milliemoo7]

Hi Suzyq and welcome

wow, what a recommendation for estrogel you are, I'm very tempted to ask GP for it.  I only use Vagifem and ovestin as I dont have much in the way of hot flushes, headaches though I am very moody.  But then I think I always have been a bit that way inclined so am not sure whether HRT would help me.

My main problem is having a cystocele and a rectocele for which I am currently getting physio advice.  If I had major meno symptoms I'd be on HRT like a shot believe me!

[Suzyq]

Hi milliemoo

Just trying to write about my experiences so that others going through it may have a bit of confidence. With the anxiety that meno brings it's hard to be brave about trying thing - I know cos I was pretty scared to try the estrogel! It's not perfect for me yet, but it is very early days, but I have definitely had far more really good days than bad! I was having constant headaches and these have completely gone and I generally feel much brighter so am overall happy so far. I also am pretty moody but I was getting extreme mood swings where my family was scared to come near me! These, thank god, have now evened out!!! Still getting some spells of anxiety, but they are lasting an hour or so rather than all day.

I don't know what your symptoms are but I think you can tell pretty quickly whether hrt is gonna help or not.

[CLKD]

Give the medication time to work.  It can take 3-4 months before we realise that we feel well again