Thank you for your reply. And yes, I am a botanical artist lol. Because I'm a Spanish resident I no longer have a GP in the UK. I have private medical here at the moment but they seemed rather vague and noncommittal with regards to medication. In fact, the GP gave me a prescription for just the first element of the patches which of course is rather dangerous. I am really happy with the medication that I'm on and really don't want to change. The only other alternative is just come off HRT completely but I'm dreading that.