Hi all ....Im new to this site though have been reading posts for a while....I think I'm coming to the end of Peri M and now in Meno (haven't had a period since Oct 1st) am 49 and up until now have been going the herbal route ...red clover and lately for sweats Black Cahoosh which seemed to help a bit whilst having periods but not working aswell now....just wanted to ask is Oestragel (via the skin route) available on NHS
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I have asked several Drs and it all seems a bit of a mystery they only consider the patch via the skin....do I have to go private to get this ??
I would really like to start trying the gel with utrogeston (i am tolerant of progesterone) but keep getting dismissed ....I know there are a couple of ladies on here who take this regime ....mayI ask how easy it was for you to get this
My experience so far is that MENOPAUSE seems to shrouded in some great mystery ...there are 2 schools of thought ....either put up and shut up OR go the HRT route and you know the dangers there !!!!! I find it shocking that we have to fight for some care at this stage of the game....In my younger years the pill was given out willy nilly AND its free...isn't the hormones in the pill suppose to be super strong
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Why should I/we have to go private (if I/we want a regime suitable for my/our body) ?!?
It just doesn't make sense....I saw an NHS consultant the other day who completely dismissed my questions of wanting to try something as natural as possible to my own hormones ....ie in the gel and pessarie(utrogeston)route......he spoke over me and said he would be more inclined to put me on a pill form and i am SURE he said something resembling the preface of PRE something !!!!!! I have read enough bad stories on Prempak or whatever it goes under now and would rather have nothing than that ......madness ....anyway i hope I can fit in here with you wise and wonderful women for AFTERALL is that not what we are now
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We have earned our stripes ....
Because I'm slightly feeling in the world like I'm ready for the scrapheap and nobody gives a damn......xx