Hi,
I've been using this forum for research for a while - and I'm so grateful it's here, it's been so useful - but have only just registered to post today.
I am 50 and half way through my third pack of tablet form HRT. I was started, as seems very common, on Elleste Duet but I didn't get on with the norethisterone in them (hair shredding) and also the initial fantastic benefits of the oestrogen wore off so I switched to Femoston 2/10 and now I'm sleeping through the night again, no hot flashes and my brain isn't made of jelly. There's been a few side effects - sore boobs at first, felt a bit sick after taking them, cold burning/tingling sensation and itching on my scalp and also small sore spots on my scalp - but they have all gone now bar a few spots on my scalp, which are fading.
So far, so good. My question is; should this cease to be the case it says in the N.I.C.E. guidelines that you are entitled to be referred to a specialist menopause clinic so out of interest I looked up the nearest one to me and found it has been closed down due to NHS funding cuts - is this true across the board or do some still exist? I live in London.
Thanks in advance.
JoClaireH