Hi everyone, I've not been on here in a while but could go with a bit of reassurance.
I was supposed to go and see the dr about my symptoms but then covid hit and my appointment was cancelled.
I've had various peri symptoms on and off for over a year now. My periods came back last year for about 8 months (Mirena coil stopped them and I had another fitted) and I experienced ovulation pain for the first time in my life, my gp said my symptoms were probably peri but far too early to talk about HRT (I was going back armed with nice guidelines before it was cancelled). Since November I've not had a proper period just a tiny bit of spotting now and again, but I've no idea whether it's my hormones or the Mirena I have fitted, as the first one I had stopped my periods too. I had about 5 night sweats last year all within a week where only my pelvic area is affected, then nothing since till last week when I had another one. I have a new symptom of itchiness, not all the time but it's definitely noticeable, and the skin in my legs has gone very dry too.
The symptom that freaks me out the most is painful armpits which is how it all started. For two weeks last year they were agony, I saw the dr who said she couldn't find anything to worry about and Ive had 3 lots of blood tests done by 3 different drs who all say it's come back fine. My armpits have never hurt as much as those two weeks but they ache from time to time. There's no swollen lymph glands by the way. I know there's breast tissue in your armpits but if it was that wouldn't my breasts hurt too? And they don't.
Has anyone else experienced this? I'm already suffering health anxiety and this is just one more thing to add to it!
Sorry this is a bit long. 😟
