Hi ladies I just wanted to check in and say thank you again for spurring me on in what I knew would be a difficult conversation this morning.
I kept my GP on the phone for 35 minutes until she agreed to start me on high dose oral oestrogen (the only kind that actually got my level up, based on a brief period under a private specialist a few years ago) plus starting Testogel at the same time. She offered a higher dose patch but I decided against that as I really feel I've worn the transdermal T-shirt at this point and it's not working! May try again at a later date if I can just get to feeling better first.
She didn't want to start both at the same time "otherwise we won't know which one is helping" but after 10 years of feeling totally lousy I stood my ground (Banjo1973 I was channelling your screaming friend "I want my brain and sex life back!"
![Grin ;D](https://www.menopausematters.co.uk/forum/Smileys/extended/grin.gif)
). My bloods in December were O= <88, T=0.7 and SHBG=137 so will be hoping for a positive change in
symptoms if not numbers over the next few months and fingers crossed that T stays within pre-meno range, which is what we've agreed to shoot for.
olive x