Print

Please login or register.
1 Hour 1 Day 1 Week 1 Month Forever
Login with username, password and session length

[Taz2]

It is odd that you didn't have both together. Have you got a date for it yet?

[Pinkwindsor21]

Next Sunday for the internal scan and bleeding started again today. But I have all the symptoms that I used to have years ago… sore boobs, hip pain etc!

[Taz2]

Not long to wait now then and it does sound hormonal with the other symptoms.

Taz x

[Pinkwindsor21]

Now I feel like I’m having contractions after 3 days of dark red bleeding. My nipples are sore but the pain is getting too much. I can feel it in my legs and lower back too. Has anyone else had this? 

[Nas]

Oh crikey pink, how dreadful for you!
Are you using the patches still, or did you decide to remove them?

I would ring the GP ASAP and ask for something to try and stop the bleeding?

Is it this Sunday you are being scanned? Really hope they can sort you out. You may be advised to have a coil fitted for the progesterone part of your HRT?

[Pinkwindsor21]

Hi Nas,

The GP called today and advised me to stay on my HRT as my scan is on Sunday and she didn’t want me to feel worse before then.

My bleed has stopped but the abdominal pain continues and my boobs are tender.

It’s very difficult to not think the worst isn’t it?

The pelvic scan I had before didn’t show fibroids, polyps or cysts.

[Nas]

Hi Pink
It sounds like it’s all hormonal to me.
I had this on evorel 75 and daily utrogestan.
The abdominal pain was excruciating at times, even well before a bleed.
I couldn’t work it out at all, except that it was a side effect of the HRT.

Really hope you feel better soon.
Let us know how the scan goes.

X

[Pinkwindsor21]

Thank you Nas…

Can’t tell you how reassuring it is to know your experience too. Thank you so much 💗

[Pinkwindsor21]

My first internal scan has just been cancelled by the NHS and put back until 28th March. This would have been the first one since November.
Bleed continues and I’ve spoken to a nurse at The Eve Appeal who wasn’t happy that I haven’t been fast tracked. There’s no such thing as a last hurray from the ovaries or hormonal bleed. I’m 55 and have had no bleed for a long time.

[Dotty]

Hi I’ve had 3 lots of bleeding since being on hrt . My last period was 2014. Each time I’ve had scans and biopsies and , last time, a hysteroscopy . Each time nothing was found… all ok thankfully . The doctors said each time that’s it’s just one of those things that can happen on hrt . xxx

[Nas]

Who told you that there is no such thing as a hormonal bleed, Pink? There absolutely is. The bleeding isn’t a period as such, but hormones can influence the lining of the womb and cause bleeding. It doesn’t happen to every woman, but it does happen a lot. Often there is no known cause, hence why some women choose to come off HRT completely.

Really hope you get your scan soon for peace of mind

X

[Pinkwindsor21]

It was the Gynae nurse from The Eve Appeal Nas…. She said how could it be hormonal when I haven’t had a period for over 12 months 

[Dotty]

Hi it can be hormonal …. caused by the hormones in the hrt. xxx

[Nas]

As Dotty said, it’s not necessarily from the ovaries, but more from the hormones in the HRT. We have Oestrogen receptors EVERYWHERE, If they are awakened, bleeds can occur.

[Pinkwindsor21]

I asked for a cervical smear yesterday along with an internal (GP saw a healthy looking cervix and vagina) I hadn’t bled for the first time in a week yesterday but after the smear and internal, I did bleed. Neither hurt so I don’t know if it was just a coincidence but now of course, I’m convinced I have cervical cancer 🤦‍♀️

I also had a change in discharge colour, still normal but certainly a change for me.

I’ve been given the gel to try instead of patches as I was allergic to the adhesive. The GP told me not to stop everything suddenly but wait to see the Gynae who might tweak the Progesterone and pop in a Mirena coil at the same time as the scan.

So fed up with it all as it’s ongoing!

I now have until the 16th March for the Gynae due to a lovely receptionist and a cancellation.

I was told yesterday that my lining was 2mm on the ultrasound. No one had told me that before!