Evening ladies
Tomorrow I'm hoping to get another phone appointment with the GP to get something more than a dismissal of "it's probably your hormones", in response to ongoing and unexpected bleeding.
My last 'period' started 19 days ago. It was a week late, it hasn't properly stopped, and I've had several days of having tender breasts. Until Friday last week I was on Femoston 2/10, my bleeds were regular as clockwork, lasted 5 or 6 days, and the last time I had tender breasts was when I was pregnant 24 years ago! So essentially, all of this is totally unusual for me, and it all started whilst on an HRT regime I've been on for a number of years.
Since Friday I've been on Utrogestan and Lenzetto spray, and I decided to stick with a sequi regime, even though the GP has prescribed it continuously. This bleeding is nothing to do with the new regime as it had been going on for two weeks before that.
I spoke to a locum GP last week and she just said it's probably your hormones, and added nothing else, asked no questions, and didn't give any reassurance whatsoever.
Having searched under abnormal bleeding on this site and one or two others, I'm left wondering if it might be endometrial atrophy. I believe this is mainly caused by low levels of oestrogen, and over the last 6 months or so I have felt my meno symptoms getting worse, as if my own natural hormone levels have taken a dip, so it seems to add up. I also had a general feel inside and my cervix felt more bulgy than it would normally. Sorry if that sounds weird, but I'm a great believer in knowing how your bits should feel, so that you know when they are not quite right.
So tomorrow, assuming I can get a phone consultation with the GP, should I stand my ground and ask for an examination of some sort, even if only a general abdomen/pelvic one? I thought that any unexplained bleeding should be investigated, and I know my own body well enough to know that this is not normal for me. I would have expected a suggestion of an ultrasound, but am I being optimistic/worrying too much?
All thoughts welcome, thanks