Unfortunately she's the only female doctor at the practice and I feel more comfortable discussing things with a woman. I think it's great she knows about this website but I would have much preferred that she take some time to explain things properly to me rather than telling me to find out myself, that is her job after all!
Do you mind me asking why you've stopped HRT
NinaCB?
CLKD - she just said the coil and HRT and didn't elaborate any further and referred me here. I'm very surprised to hear the studies about the link between HRT and breast disease several years ago have been discredited as the NHS website (I'm in the UK) states:
"Women who take HRT for more than 1 year have a higher risk of breast cancer than women who never use HRT. The risk is linked to all types of HRT except vaginal oestrogen. For women in their 40s and 50s who take HRT for 5 years there would be:
1 extra case for every 200 women taking oestrogen-only HRT
1 extra case for every 70 women taking cyclical HRT
1 extra case for every 50 women taking continuous HRT
The number of extra cases is thought to double among women who take these types of HRT for 10 years.
Research shows that the increased risk of breast cancer falls after you stop taking HRT, but some increased risk remains for more than 10 years compared to women who have never used HRT."
That concerns me and makes me wonder if there is any alternative but I'm pretty clueless what those alternatives might be.