Hello
I had a mirena fitted a few weeks ago and started Oestrogel
Initially I did one pump of gel but upped it to 2 pumps (split) when my hot flushes came back with a massive vengeance (I'd been on elleste duet 1mg up until the day of my coil fitting) Perhaps in hindsight I was too quick to up the dose but I was dripping wet and I felt the drop from 1mg tablet to .75mg gel was the reason. So I'm now on 1.5mg a day.
The sweats have virtually stopped so I feel I did the right thing .... but I'm bleeding quite heavily on and off now
Is this bleeding due to the oestrogen gel or due to my mirena? I'm scared to come back down to one pump a day - i can't decide what's worse ..... bleeding because the gel is too high a dose or sweating like a pig??
If the consensus is the bleeding is due to the mirena then I'll stick to what I'm doing and hope that it subsides soon.
One more question.... seeing the doctor later - if I get more oestrogel - does EACH bottle of gel cost a prescription of £9? Or is it just the prescription costing that regardless of how many bottles I'm given? If it's the latter surely a 3 month amount is worth asking for?
Sorry ladies.....questions questions xx
