Hi I went to my doctor today and told her that I wanted to stay on Femoston 2/10 as I have only been on it for seven weeks.
I also told her that I was getting along ok with the dydrogesterone, bu the hrt itself wasn't working properly as I am still getting hot and sweaty but only in the upper part of my body.
I enquired about a tad more oestrogen if the Femoston is still not working after a month more on it.
My doctor said that I am on the highest dose and was not prepared to give me more oestrogen due to the risks, even though I said I was prepared to run those risks.
She said that if the Femoston still does not work properly after a month, then, if I don't want the other hrt option, the one with norethisterone in it, then I would just have to go through menopause.
She said that when they take me off hrt, I would have to go through menopause anyway.
I felt a bit greedy because I am still not satisfied on the max dose of oestrogen, so, maybe it is just me, because Femoston 2/10 should be working for me. It works for many other women, and I am not even fully menopausal yet, so, maybe it is just me.
It's the overheating I can't stand. The sweat makes my hair greasy but I dont like washing my hair too often as it's dyed and I get split ends. (I do use a special oil on it, but I would rather not be showering all the time and washing hair/clothes because I never had to was my hair/body/clothes this often when I was not peri-menopausal.
My mum had a complete hysterectomy and she made do with starflower oil, so I do feel a bit greedy talking about 2mg oestrogen being insufficient.
I told her about the ladies on here, and that some of them get gel or patches and use micronised progesterone but she had never heard of it before.
She asked if I was talking about American women and I said no, English ones.
I told her I get jealous of the women for whom HRT gives them back their lives.
She told me she would consult her colleagues, to see if anyone of them know what I am on about because she was well baffled.
My doctor is a good one, and is actually menopausal herself but she said she has to put up with the flushes and nightsweats as she is not allowed to take HRT.
I thought the risks were small with HRT but my doctor said they increase the more you take it. I say b0ll0c*s to the risks, I would rather have HRT and quality of life and risk cancer/heart attacks etc, than live for decades miserable without HRT.