Had a review appt yesterday with my menopause specialist doctor. I've been under her care since last Oct. I had rang her last week prior to yesterdays appt, to tell her I had been getting mild cramping sensations and a mild pain over the area where my right ovary used to be (had both removed 2001). She said she would perform an ultrasound scan to check my womb out, which she did yesterday. She reported that my womb lining is 9mm and not the recommended 4mm! With my new HRT regime - 1mg Sandrena gel, micronized Utrogestan and a very small amount of Tostran gel, I don't get periods anymore. I always had a period with my old HRT - Prempak C and never ever had a problem or needed a womb scan, as I shed the womb lining every month. She did say yesterday that, although the womb lining is measuring 9mm it doesn't look sinister BUT to be on the safe side she is referring me for a biopsy. She did try and perform a biopsy yesterday, but failed as hurt to much!
My body is used to having a period and now I've had time to sleep on yesterdays events, I am questioning why I'm not on a HRT regime that still gives me a period? Why I am freaking out so much? She mentioned worse case scenario was to have a hysterectomy and lose my womb. Can I just stop the progesterone part of the HRT and will my womb lining just shrink by itself? What will happen if a biopsy shows nothing sinister but the thickness of the womb remains? I thought if you had your womb, it was a priority to keep that healthy but now the doctor is referring me for biopsy because it shouldn't be that thick! My head is mashed
Any advice as always greatly appreciated, although I am going to ring her I think now I've slept on it.
History:
Surgical menopause 2001 (age 31m I'm now 48) - lost both ovaries due to endometrial cysts, still have womb
On Prempak C for 16 years up until end of 2017 when it was discontinued by manufacturer (sequential HRT which gave me a period)
GP clueless on how to manage me and find me a replacement HRT but refused to refer me to specialist menopause doctor until I complained. 8 months later, last Oct '18 I finally saw menopause specialist
New HRT regime - 1mg Sandrena gel, micronized Utrogestan, half pump every other day of Tostran gel (no period for over a year now)
I can overthink things and a bit of a nervous nelly at times!