Still sore but hoping vagifem kicks in. I'm struggling with all my aches. My face is still pressure/tingling had massage Friday & have exercises to do. The joint pain (possibly side effect from evorel is getting less & less - been off for two weeks) pulled on my Achilles last night at yoga. So feel so bruised & battered. What to do next......start the estrogel on its own been told 1/2 pumps 3x day with an estrodot patch 25 (or evorel) I wondered whether to start really slowly with 1 pump a day for a week as I don't want the joint pain to come back (if it was a side effect). I am taking hrt/vagifem for the bladder/urethra pelvic pressure. I was hoping it may help with the 8 months of face pressure (I know that's a long shot). I was happy taking the hrt it's only becuase of the the joint pain that I stopped. I just had a period as I think the estrogen stopped them & it made my urethra hurt so much. I am so scared now of more pain/making things worse by taking/not taking the hrt. It did make me much calmer. It's been a rough 8 months & I don't have much steam left.