Menopause Matters Forum
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Menopause and treatment options. An independent, clinician-led site aiming to provide accurate information about menopause.
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4m ago
Hey Joziel,
So glad you finally feel some stability and are doing better. If it takes 10 then it takes 10, we are all unique.
The top outer arms and shoulders are ok for putting gel on, don't see any issues and I absorbed best there.
The bottle instruc ..read more
Menopause Matters Forum
4m ago
Hello group
I am looking forward to improving my knowledge on menopause and its symptoms and hopefully getting help with issues others may have already experienced!
I am 56, I was told by my GP before having my last child in 2001 that I was headin ..read more
Menopause Matters Forum
4m ago
So U are hydrated - tick
Your GP doesn't think that the feelings are skeletal - I would suggest self referral to a physiotherapist to check gait and stance
Does the sensation interfere with daily living and are you aware in the night? It could be that ..read more
Menopause Matters Forum
4m ago
My health anxiety makes me second guess the doctor...it's also a reason for me not going to my health screenings. In my country we don't get notices/calls- we are expected to make our own arrangements for that sort of thing. I know...I do sound crazy ..read more
Menopause Matters Forum
1h ago
Hi
R U able to tell us why you began HRT? Which symptom did you want to ease initially?
Hopefully some1 on this regime will be along, bleeding after 2 years without periods must be quite a shock!
Who is prescribing your HRT ..read more
Menopause Matters Forum
1h ago
Hi all, newbie here. I’ve been reading for a while but thought it about time I joined. I’m very early 50s, peri for about 2 years, started Evorel Sequi about 8 months ago. All was ok to start with, HRT got rid of horrible hip pain, and even the awful p ..read more
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1h ago
I think whether you can stop it cold turkey will depend on how high a dose you are on currently. Personally I wouldnt advise that approach.
I am just stopping for a reset but was only on one pump. I reduced to half a pump for 8 days and am now two days ..read more
Menopause Matters Forum
1h ago
Hello JoannFran
I stopped all HRT a few years ago to see where I was naturally. I did it gradually as I thought that would be gentler on my system. After stopping everything I felt about the same, no better but no worse either. However as the weeks we ..read more
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1h ago
Getting stuff somewhere optimal seems bloody hit and miss sometimes.
I'm now on 10 pumps TEN PUMPS of this Oestrogel. 5 pumps AM and 5 pumps PM. I am managing to get 4 pumps on a thigh, rotating around it - and then 1 pump on a butt cheek. I don't real ..read more
Menopause Matters Forum
3h ago
See our page Stopping HRT:
https://www.menopausematters.co.uk/stopping.php ..read more