Oh dear - honeybun - do you really have to resort to insulting posts all the time? It's getting rather tiresome and Grangravy - you couldn't resist giving another dig. If you read what I say in the thread below (above?) you will see it's not personal opinion at all - the gist of what I am saying is current thinking. Also - why would Mary G or I or TheDuchess start another thread? The discussion developed out of the thread title and is relevant not just to Mary G but anyone else contemplating such a regime.
What is the point of these comments? Neither of you have offered any useful advice on this thread so why are you trying to cause an argument? I certainly don't want an argument but I am being forced to respond because of the comments being made.
Please read the thread properly in its entirety and what has been said before making such comments as "a bunch of amateurs" which I know is meant to be insulting.
Of course we are all amateurs in the medical context, but some members have biology degrees and even science doctorates - not that these are pre-requisites to being a very well informed amateur, nor having read an enormous amount around the subject, and many women are actually able to advise other women on here - not to replace medical opinion but to interpret it, or entreat women to return to their doctors when an incorrect prescription has been given - as happens regularly.
Without wanting to reproduce the entire thread - the crux of it is that Mary G said she had been prescribed Serenity progesterone cream to protect the endometrium from oestrogenic stimulation with a fairly high dose (3 pumps of gel). Very early on in the thread I quoted from Dr Currie on this site that this was not medically advised and did so again later on from another source. Endometrial protection with appropriate doses of a progestogen is the cornerstone of HRT, and Dr Currie would agree!
Mary G and I (and TheDuchess) have been having a friendly discussion about her treatment and by her own admission she was not following the advice of "the expert", a recognised private gynae Prof Studd (the consultant whom you said she should listen to honeybun) whose minimum progestogen prescription is 7 days per 28 days oestrogen - and this is for those who are progesterone intolerant, and is far less than is licensed.
We do not know the second gynae who Mary G has consulted - but I was not giving my own opinion - but echoing Dr Currie and Prof Studd's opinion and Dr C's words, which is the current medical practice.
If you are not following or not interested in the precise details of this discussion - fair enough - but please don't use it (or the fact of another member leaving however regrettable that is) as an excuse to heap insults on those who are spending time reading and interpreting current thinking and trying to help another member with the best of intentions.
Mary G - you know I wish you well!
Hurdity x