Hello, I have only just joined. Some background for you I had a total abdominal hysterectomy with bilateral salpingo oophorectomy for severe PMS on 6th Dec 2016, so going through a surgical menopause. I've been having hot flushes since April last year when I was put on Zoladex, but since op they are a lot more intense, night sweats started one week post op & stopped around 28th Dec and had no more also no other symptoms. My GP wants to put me on hrt patches because of my age 44 & the fact I'm high risk of osteoporosis. I'm not keen on putting hormones back in my body when they were the cause of my TAH BSO & as I've mentioned not suffering with any other problems. Can anyone please offer me some advice? Thanks. Hopefully I will get the hang of these forums & be able to find out more info!!