Thank you all for making me feel so welcome. I especially appreciate the encouragement from other 60plussers (not sure that sounds much better than 'oldie' but hey ho!). No, I don't know how it happened either - and I am 65 in 9 days time. Yikes!
I'll look for that book Ladybt28, thanks. Thank you for the advice Birdie and Lanzalover. I am actually on Estriol 0.01% cream, having been kind of blackmailed into using it by my GP. I have written a long post about my issues on the 'coping with vaginal dryness' thread but as it is a sticky I guess that people don't often visit it. In a nutshell (and I am not good at being brief, sorry!), I used Estriol a year ago and ended up with vaginal bleeding. GP thought maybe I'd had too much Estriol. Had to have a hysteroscopy, because the bleeding was slow to stop. The hysteroscopy was dreadful. Nothing abnormal found and the consultant said she thought I'd not used enough Estriol! So when the GP said to use it again I was very reluctant. But as I had very slight brownish/ yellow vaginal discharge (she thinks from VA) she said it was either another referral (noooo!!!) or try Estriol and see if the symptoms go. So I am back on the horrible gloopy stuff (personal opinion only!) and dreading bleeding again. Unlike last time I am fiddling with the dose (against Drs orders), using a bit less each night than the full dose. I am now into my second week and wondering whether to reduce the amount a lot at the end of two weeks, or reduce it slowly. At the moment the aim is to prevent another bleed. Later I think I'll want to talk with you all about less messy options.
