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[Taz2]

Maybe you should try sequi? My bleeds became very light and painless after the initial three months and only having progesterone for half of the month was a bonus for me. I had a hysterectomy at 60 so I'm just on Evorel 50 now.

The nighttime pads are good for heavier bleeds. Nice and long.

Taz x

[Jan1234]

Taz2 my gp told me no to seque she said its not normal at 58 to have periods i know this is rubbish as many are on a sequel l i stopped hrt now cause of the bleeding and my appointment for gynecology would be next week and i was going chat my other options with them but now app cancelled so i just dont know what to do

[Nas]

Hi Jan,
Poor you, sounds awful with that bleeding.

Sequi would be an option to try for sure. Why won’t the gp let you try it?

Re the mirena. Mine has been in for 13 weeks now. Some initial cramps and bloating, but nothing serious. A bit of spotting here and there. You need sufficient oestrogen to counteract any side effects.

You can always get it removed if you don’t get on with it. I resisted for ages but I couldn’t  cope with the bleeding any longer and need some kind of hrt.

Hope you get sorted soon.

[Jan1234]

Hi nas i have been adamant im not having a coil but i am now considering my options i cant have a mirena yet any how as gynie will be doing a hyposcopy so gp said if i decide to have one wait till after that is done, the sequel part i cant understand why gp aa changed her mind as it was her that told me last time i had 2 options left sequel or mirena, i wanted to try and see now if i can cope without hrt but allready im hving dizziness and so tired meaning my app been cancelled and dont know when i will be seen going 2 ring gp and see if theres an alternative progesterone i can use, in the past now ive tried upping to 200mg the 1st time i done that it stopped thw bleed but could not tolerate the side effects even though i used them vaginally, so was told to go back on 100mg then when in spain on hol bleeding got heavy again so went back on 200mg and i bled so heavy it scared me so im thinking ultrogeston is my problem here

[Nas]

Yes utrogestan isn’t always effective at maintaining bleeding unfortunately.
Wha about norethisterone or provera? They are meant the good progesterone types to prevent bleeding.

[Jan1234]

Hi spoke to gp today shes given me the 200mg ultrogeston vaginal tablets she said they are slightly different to the ultrogeston orally, if these dont work she said she will try me on provera, she alsio put me bak on transmatic acid to stop the bleed, also i asked again about going on sequel and this was a different gp to last time and she also said no i asked why and was told if id been say 6 years yonger then yes but as im 58 now its not right to be having a bleed at my age so thats 2 gps saying this to me I cant believe it what of waste of time today i just checked the ingredients in the 200mg tablets and are exactly the same as the 100mg so how the hell can the gp say try these one's they might work better i give up with gps

[sheila99]

Just how much sh*t do we have to put up with?? Some women aren't meno til their early 60s and conti is not appropriate unless your meno. I was told by a specialist I couldn't possibly still be having periods when I asked for hrt aged 57 as everyone is meno by 54. Tempted to ram the evidence down his throat (bad temper was a symptom  ). Do you if you're peri or meno? If you're peri a mirena will stop the bleeding but utro probably won't even at the higher dose. She's right there's a slightly higher risk on sequi but it's a risk I'll take as I get fatigue on utro - it's my choice not theirs. A conti regime is appropriate when you're meno not because you reach a certain age.
If there's a possibility you're peri I would try a sequi regime. The dose is the same and she isn't watching...  (200mg x 12 days, days 15-26).
She's wrong about the utro too, apart from the dose they're the same. The 100mg can be used vaginally too.

[Jan1234]

Shella99 hi, I was diagnosed peri at 49 was on sequel then til 54 then went on conti never had a blood test to see what levals are they wont do them, was on kliofem conti till this year but i started getting alot of fatigue and also had a few polyps over the time i was on them so i let a gp convince me to try body identical hrt sounded good at the time, gone through hell ever since and they dont want to let me go back on a synthetic hrt, i dont want a coil but am considering it unfortunately i cant have one till after ive seen gynecology about the bleeding and god knows when that will ne now as my appointment was supposed to be next week and they habe cancelled it,  so yes im back to square one not knowing what to do,.

[sheila99]

Not much chance you're peri then! Though you can still use a sequi regime if you choose to. I'm in the same boat re mirena. I get fatigue on utro so have stayed on a sequi regime so being bleed free with a mirena looks like sensible option - it's that I don't want one either. I believe provera and norethisterone are better than utro at preventing bleeding but possibly not much picking between them and a mirena. Are you getting a scan with your appointment? I hope they can rearrange it soon.

[Jan1234]

Sheila99 yes il have a scan when i get the app, i might ring her 2mrw and. Ask her fir provera instead she did say if thws dont work then she will try me on provera, any idea if there are any side effects with provera hopefully not, or otherwise i might just stay off hrt and see how i go im so fed up with bleeding scared of trying anything different now