I expect you will still get the full dose from the older patches if it's only just run out this month, the use by date is the earliest date that the patches might fail to give the full dose, that happens gradually not overnight, you've probably got perfectly good patches there.
I'd give it a try if you haven't before because I simply couldn't believe the difference between a 50 patch (Evorel or Estradot, with or without combined progesterone) and oestrogel, even one pump gives me more, I'm happily on three pumps now, the patches would not work for me.
The flip side there is that you might be opposite to me, perhaps if the gel isn't working, the patches might be better for you?
How do you feel? That is usually what HRT is prescribed for, I wish my GP cared about my bones!
Funny thing is,
I was told I couldn't have HRT just for my future health (nor a bone scan neither), it has to be treating symptoms that I have now, otherwise I'm not allowed it because even though I'm a low risk individual, HRT is a high risk treatment and they have to keep a closer eye on their HRT patients.
At that I burst out laughing, I'd been trying to get speaking to her for literally months because of all the unusual bleeding after starting HRT and she was never available.
Keep a close eye? My backside they do.