Hi, I found this group by chance a few days ago when I was googling to find out about some of my current symptoms.
Then in a chat with my doctor today she recommended joining this site, and I'd already just been approved. Meant to be!
I had my last period nearly 5 years ago, I've been having hot flushes for 5 years, I keep thinking they'll stop but then they start up again.
I've treated myself with natural medicine all my adult life, I'm pretty healthy, I teach yoga etc etc, but after starting a new romance I found out about the horrible term 'vaginal atrophy' the hard way..ouch, then talking to a friend yesterday, I've taken the plunge and am opting to try estrogen gel with a progesterone tablet.
5 years of hot flushes is too much, I've done all the herbs and remedies and none of them have helped. I'm sick of always become a sweaty, stressed mess while I'm teaching classes, and I really want to be able to have sex again.
I've been wary of HRT and the worries around cancer, but hell..this is no life right now!
So, I'm going in as soon as I can pick up the prescription.