Hello ladies
Please can I ask for some advise on oestrogen only HRT.
Just in brief I had a hysterectomy 3 years ago ( womb and cervix taken ... Ovaries intact ) and about 2 years ago I started into the menopause ..... Hot flushes , dry skin, feeling very low especially in mornings , dreadful nausea am and weight gain.
I did firstly begin to use isoflavones with did help with the sweats and flushes for about a year but then my skin started to get so dry and I had problems with dryness below. So I went to doctor and was given vagifem ( which I researched on this site ;
thank you ladies ) ...... She did examine me at this time and suggested that I might like to consider HRT ...... But I decided just to go with the vagifem to start. To be honest that did definately help below ..... Although the maintenance dose of twice a week is not great. So back to doctors and decided to try HRT.
To be honest I did read as much as I coukd around oestrogen HRT but there is so much info on which one is best. So in the end I plumped for Premarin 0.625 which I take daily. I am now in month 3 of taking this and due back to doctors next Thursday.
My problem is whilst this has definately helped the morning nausea I don't think it's helped at all with dry skin, general low feeling in morning , sleepless nights etc. One bonus is I have found its definately helped me to drop a few pounds which is great. ( I'm not overweight but since hysterectomy I'm shall we say slightly more padded generally
)
I was just interested to hear other ladies advise on maybe a different type of oestrogen ..??
And also I'm thinking of changing from vagifem to the estring ..? Thinking it may give a better daily dose rather than the tablet twice a week.
Any advise would be gratefully received. Many thanks.