Hi you two... I'm achy too... Back, knees, ribs... the list goes on, doc wasn't that helpful (he's usually so good, retiring next month though) I'm on Elleste duet conti, top dose. He said there was nothing else I could have so we'd try reducing the dose to wean me off it. 1 tablet every other day, felt rubbish like this so tried cutting them in half, they'd fly over my shoulder as the knife went through, so couldn't get a steady daily dose that way, in the end I said Sod It and stopped all together. That was 2 months ago. Now even more achy, and the flushes are back, concentration gone and anxiety awful... so worried I'm dying.... so going back to one every other day and just hope something improves. Maybe when the new doc takes over I can sort something else out. So basically, my aches got worse with out the HRT.