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[Annie0710]

Great news Annie, here's to the new and revitalised you!
Now all I need do is persuade my gynae at my Oct 25th appt to let me try it. Hmm, I'll not give up though, especially as I know it can be prescribed.

NICE guidelines say to consider T for no/low libido but to be honest as much as that upsets me it's the other host of symptoms, the weak muscles, low sense of wellbeing, hair loss, anxiety etc

Fight your case telling them about the forum and how other gynaes are recognising that women really need this hormone

I really hope you get results x

[nothappybun]

  Annie0710 it's so nice to hear when things are going the right way! hope it does work for you!

Beginning to think NICE guidelines need updating with new information coming in and they should use sites like MM to gather 1st hand information

I'm very happy for you!

xxx

[Annie0710]

Annie0710 it's so nice to hear when things are going the right way! hope it does work for you!

Beginning to think NICE guidelines need updating with new information coming in and they should use sites like MM to gather 1st hand information

I'm very happy for you!

xxx

Thankyou !

So hoping this works and is the missing link x

[Lanzalover]

Hi Annie0710

So pleased to read that you have been prescribed Testim off license do keep us updated on how things go.

Just for information what were your concerns re Tibolone as I have been thinking of changing to this as there is no way my GP would prescribe anything off license ☹

Currently using Oestrogel and Utrogestan which has stopped the hot flushes, still get the occasional night sweat but nowhere near as bad as they were but just feel like something is missing !!!!!!

Lanzalover x

[Annie0710]

Hi Annie0710

So pleased to read that you have been prescribed Testim off license do keep us updated on how things go.

Just for information what were your concerns re Tibolone as I have been thinking of changing to this as there is no way my GP would prescribe anything off license ☹

Currently using Oestrogel and Utrogestan which has stopped the hot flushes, still get the occasional night sweat but nowhere near as bad as they were but just feel like something is missing !!!!!!

Lanzalover x

That's exactly how I was feeling Lanzalover

My concerns were 2 reasonably spoke about side effects:hairloss and weight gain

My hair is about 40% less than it was and since being post meno I'd gained @10llb - 1stone

Since my Spanish holiday end of sept I've lost 1/2 stone so really don't want to put it back on plus I can't afford to lose more hair

I've read many success stories of Tibolone on the internet but also wanted to say it was a gynae who told my GP to prescribe T,my GP was worried to without the say so of a specialist

We have to fight for these things and pick your most sympathetic GP, it was only the latest Urine infection that found me this GP, she's been at the surgery since 2012 and I had no idea x

[Lanzalover]

Hi Annie0710

Many thanks for the reply.

Need to give this one a bit more thought.

Wishing you all the best.

Lanzalover x

[Annie0710]

Good luck Lanzalover.  My next step would've been borrowing the money to go private but it's really not fair x

[Tempest]

ANNIE!!!!!! What wonderful news. I really hope this is the 'missing link' for you and I will be looking forward to reading your progress. Well done you on being persistent and not giving up. xxxxxx

[Hurdity]

Hey Annie0710

That's fantastic news - the prescriptions are coming thick and fast - that's the second today - someone else just posted getting it from their GP. Maybe the NICE Guidelines are working and perhaps the GPs have listened to last week's news from Nick Panay and prepared to consider it!!!!

I do hope this will be what makes the difference to you

Do please go low and slow - as I have mentioned before Annie Evans said to me that it takes 4-5 months to feel the full effects - so don't be tempted to increase too soon! However great that Keepgoing has seen positive benefits already!

As a matter of interest where did they say you should apply it? There is likely to be hair growth at and around the application site but haven't noticed any (more) facial hair yet - but I am old anyway so there has been a bit of lip hair growth and the occasional below lip anyway. I can't actually work out if I am more downy on the face than before or not but I don't think so!

Anyway this is fantastic and look forward to hearing how you get on . You should find that as your energy increase you can take more exercise and you should not then get muscle pains and aches after exercise (well obviously a bit if you are unused to it) but I got them all the time after my classes. The decrease in the muscle wastage that occurs with age will also mean that your metabolic rate will be raised ( if you take more exercise to regain your normal muscle strength) and this is an aid to maintaining body weight and if necessary to lose it. Benefits all round hopefully

Hurdity x

[Annie0710]

ANNIE!!!!!! What wonderful news. I really hope this is the 'missing link' for you and I will be looking forward to reading your progress. Well done you on being persistent and not giving up. xxxxxx

Aw thankyou Tempest, bit of a shocker tbh.  How are you ? It's so lovely you're still popping in bless you

I picked up my prescription,  it was just the one tube but I'll see whether they can arrange more in a batch and I'll do the prepayment to save money

Rubbed a pea size blob on then fell asleep

X

[Annie0710]

Hey Annie0710

That's fantastic news - the prescriptions are coming thick and fast - that's the second today - someone else just posted getting it from their GP. Maybe the NICE Guidelines are working and perhaps the GPs have listened to last week's news from Nick Panay and prepared to consider it!!!!

I do hope this will be what makes the difference to you

Do please go low and slow - as I have mentioned before Annie Evans said to me that it takes 4-5 months to feel the full effects - so don't be tempted to increase too soon! However great that Keepgoing has seen positive benefits already!

As a matter of interest where did they say you should apply it? There is likely to be hair growth at and around the application site but haven't noticed any (more) facial hair yet - but I am old anyway so there has been a bit of lip hair growth and the occasional below lip anyway. I can't actually work out if I am more downy on the face than before or not but I don't think so!

Anyway this is fantastic and look forward to hearing how you get on . You should find that as your energy increase you can take more exercise and you should not then get muscle pains and aches after exercise (well obviously a bit if you are unused to it) but I got them all the time after my classes. The decrease in the muscle wastage that occurs with age will also mean that your metabolic rate will be raised ( if you take more exercise to regain your normal muscle strength) and this is an aid to maintaining body weight and if necessary to lose it. Benefits all round hopefully

Hurdity x

Thankyou Hurdity, I was hoping you'd see my post so I can thank you personally for info and updates

They told me abdomen, so I did tiny pea amount on there but I may move to thighs

I'm not expecting miracles as I've read carefully everything that's been posted by you and Keepgoing and others regarding potential recovery

I've lost some weight since my holiday and have noticed a figure back so will continue to get down to goal, I think I only need @ another 5llb but I want to feel slender again and look nice in my clothes

 Really hoping this has an effect on my muscles, they weaken at such a quick rate, even walking from my office to my car can leave my legs feeling lead heavy and sometimes have to have a break from typing/filing so arms can recover

I'm hoping this fixes the night dry eye and I can wake being able to see and focus with no discomfort, I hope my hair thickens, and I really hope I start to have a more positive outlook and start socialising again

And I'm sure if my fiancé would be really honest he's hoping I'll be back to how I was in bed ! X

[Tempest]

It was the relief that made you take a wee snooze, I should think! 

I hope you get all the wonderful benefits that Hurdity describes. I hope to join you too eventually! Now if I can only get my measly estrogen levels up......

[Annie0710]

Aw I hope you do too Tempest

I don't know what to suggest, mine were low when I was age 32 but got sorted with hrt

What are they putting you on now ? X

[linz57]

Great news Annie, here's to the new and revitalised you!
Now all I need do is persuade my gynae at my Oct 25th appt to let me try it. Hmm, I'll not give up though, especially as I know it can be prescribed.

NICE guidelines say to consider T for no/low libido but to be honest as much as that upsets me it's the other host of symptoms, the weak muscles, low sense of wellbeing, hair loss, anxiety etc

Fight your case telling them about the forum and how other gynaes are recognising that women really need this hormone

I really hope you get results x

Thank you Annie and I will do! Interesting what you said about weight gain and hair loss, I've experienced those and never thought about testosterone.
Tempest called it the " missing link", what a great description as yes, it does feel as though there is just a little bit of something required to complete the picture.

[Annie0710]

Great news Annie, here's to the new and revitalised you!
Now all I need do is persuade my gynae at my Oct 25th appt to let me try it. Hmm, I'll not give up though, especially as I know it can be prescribed.

NICE guidelines say to consider T for no/low libido but to be honest as much as that upsets me it's the other host of symptoms, the weak muscles, low sense of wellbeing, hair loss, anxiety etc

Fight your case telling them about the forum and how other gynaes are recognising that women really need this hormone

I really hope you get results x

Thank you Annie and I will do! Interesting what you said about weight gain and hair loss, I've experienced those and never thought about testosterone.
Tempest called it the " missing link", what a great description as yes, it does feel as though there is just a little bit of something required to complete the picture.

I won't know for sure if this is the missing link but I was desperate to try in case

My ovaries failed when I was 32 and I experienced lots of meno symptoms, I was put on oestrogen and I felt great for years until I hit 45, docs said I was going through a '2nd 'natural''' menopause. It knocked me off my feet.  For 4 years I've been saying to them that something's missing but no one GP listened.  Then this summer a young meno nurse from our hospital joined and said it sounds like I need testosterone but no GP would prescribe it, that got me fighting. Then I had a urine infection and met this great GP, she sent me for a scan because she was worried about ovarian cancer, sonographer couldn't find my ovaries and reported back to GP that they've likely shrivelled and disintegrated , to me that strengthened my case as I am now relying on my adrenals

You must emphasise the no libido , it hasn't affected my relationship but it's majorly affected me x