Hi, I haven't posted for a while. I'm mid 50s, been postmeno for about 3 or 4 years and started hrt a year and a half a go. I have been searching for an hrt that isn't continuous yet doesn't give me an horrendous bleed and PMT type symptoms - yes I've wanted my cake and to eat it!
This time last year I had the womb lining scan 7 days after stopping the progesterone and all was fine at 45mm. For 6 months prior to this I'd been taking estradot patch, and various progestrones on a sequential basis, which usually gave a bleed. Since then I have been using estradot still, but have used the combined element of the Everol patch for a given number of days. Generally on the first of each month put the Evorel patch on for 7 days and then Estradot for the remainder of the month. More recently I've gone to 5 weeks before using the Evorel, but have kept it on for 10/11 days. During this whole time ie a year I've not had a bleed (whoopeee!)
I had a rescan just last week as I had a niggling feeling that maybe the lack of bleed might mean the lining is building up. The rescan was 3 days after removing the Evorel patch and the lining read at 5mm - a minimal difference. I was very pleased.
The regime isn't perfect - during the progesterone phase, sometimes I might get a headache for a couple of days, often my tummy will feel uncomfy during and after the Evorel and then sometimes I turn into an evil witch who can't/won't smile. But the symptoms vary and it's not each month although I think its fair to say, that the longer the evorel, the worse the mood.
So in essence I'm using the Evorel like the sequential but the combined part for a lesser time.
I'm still asking myself if every few months I should replace with say Provera for just one month to give a bit of a clear out? Ideally I would like to use the Evorel for 7 days from the first of each month. So easy then to remember it. Any thoughts from you ladies?
Kind regards, Sunnydays