Hi ladies
I thought I was through the meno, and stopped using the gel earlier this year (I still have the mirena), but have had to go back to using it due to the lack of sleep caused by hot flushes which recently returned with a vengeance. The reason I stopped the gel was because I got spotting still, even after a year. It's happened with all the HRT's I've tried and as soon as I stop taking them, the bleeding/spotting stops. So, go back a year and I had a hysteroscopy and had a mildly thickened endo and the male gynae wasn't too impressed with the estrogel, saying it was too concentrated and this was causing the problems. His advice was to reduce it, (which I did and still had spotting) or to go on to Tiblione. I've had a look at Tiblione on the HRT page and this is a combined HRT, so if I started this would the coil need to be removed.
My other thought is perhaps oestrogel doesn't suit me, maybe it's not being absorbed evenly and causing the spotting and to try estrogen only tablets. I want to make some sort of plan as the spotting is sure to start again and my GP is more clueless then I am about HRT, but willing to go with my suggestions thankfully. I'm 53 and don't know where I am in this process (7 months period free when I started HRT in Dec 2015) but have been on and off different regimes since then. Would a blood test help to give me some answers.
Any thoughts?
Dolly x