3 months ago I posted that I was taking a break from HRT. My GP had prescribed 4 different strengths of HRT over a period of 12 months and I'd been bleeding more or less the whole time. I stopped the HRT and changed my GP. Initially I felt great. The bleeding stopped pretty quickly, I had more energy and felt more alert. It didn't last long
The hot flushes soon started then the night sweats.
I visited my new GP. She made me an appointment with Mr Tony Parsons, which came through for mid December, and told me to come back in a month because the symptoms might have gone. I returned a month later by which time I was having hardly any sleep due to the night sweats and was having panic attacks even in my sleep. Because of my history of bleeding the GP wouldn't prescribe anything and even said that as I'd stopped the HRT and I'm nearly 60 that it might not be possible for me to restart which really got me down.
Other symptoms had started to come back. My finger joints are painful and I'm finding it difficult to open bottles and jars. My feet, heels particularly, are hurting. Any kind of exertion brings on a hot flush and nausea. Out of the blue my skin will become incredibly itchy, It's very frustrating and making me a bit snappy.
I phoned the clinic and said I would be able to take a cancellation at short notice and this Tuesday I had a phone call offering an appointment for the next day which I jumped at.
I had about 30 minutes with Mr Parsons who is a lovely man. I took with me a list of all the medications I've been given over the past few years together with a written history of my periods, childbirth and gynae stuff I've had done in the past. We agreed that the bleeding was nothing sinister. He explained the thinking behind not restarting the HRT at 60 but having my history in front of him and looking at my weight now and blood pressure he is happy that my risk of stroke and cancer are both minimal.
He has prescribed Indivina 1mg/5mg and I have another appointment in 2 months to see how it's going. I asked about how long I could stay on these pills. He said there is no arbitrary limit. If they help then we should give it 3 years and if I want to try coming off them then do it gradually. If the symptoms start to come back then just up the dose again.
At the moment I'm a happy bunny. For the first time I feel that I've spoken to someone who knows what they're talking about.
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