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9 Jan
12:06pm, 9 Jan 2025
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LindsD
I started on patches but then there was a shortage so I've been on oral (plus vaginal cream) for a while now. It works for me. Patches were also fine, with the limitations detailed above.
9 Jan
2:59pm, 9 Jan 2025
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fraggle
Oral here which I get on well with - switched for a while to patches and it just didn’t suit me at all 🤷‍♀️
9 Jan
8:24pm, 9 Jan 2025
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DrMags
Synthetic progesterone tablets (taken for 14 days in every 12 weeks) and estrogen patches (changed twice a week) works well for me. I’ve never had a patch fall off and that includes while swimming, sitting in a hot tub and sauna.
9 Jan
8:28pm, 9 Jan 2025
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DrMags
Dunno about the UK, but patches are in short supply in Norway. I’ve had to drive to neighbouring towns on a couple of occasions to track down “the last box” in a 50km radius! And the situation does not seem to be improving.
10 Jan
10:01am, 10 Jan 2025
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JustCommando!
Coil and patches. I might ask to try gel at some point as skin is a bit irritated after 3 years of using them - need to rotate exact locations! But loath to change anything as it all seems ok at the mo. (do not ask about dark hair on face. Can live with that in exchange for sleep / less anxiety / more reliable brain etc etc)
10 Jan
10:02am, 10 Jan 2025
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sallykate
Thanks all :-) Hopefully I will be on something by the end of the month.
10 Jan
1:23pm, 10 Jan 2025
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fraggle
tagging @Velociraptor for this one if you don't mind :-)

I had to stop the HRT for 4 weeks before the ankle surgery, and tbh the hot flushes are driving me nuts and waking me up a lot at night. I haven't been given any info as to when I can start it up again, and given that I'm on blood thinners for another 5 weeks, would it be unwise to do so ? (no not sure if the 'HRT increases your risk of blood clots' has been debunked or not?)

yours, hot and irritable, Reading :-)
10 Jan
1:44pm, 10 Jan 2025
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Velociraptor
For @fraggle: The NICE guidelines say this. Major surgery under general anaesthesia, including orthopaedic and vascular leg surgery, is a predisposing factor for venous thromboembolism and it may be prudent to stop HRT 4–6 weeks before surgery; it should be restarted only after full mobilisation. If HRT is continued or if discontinuation is not possible (e.g. in non-elective surgery), prophylaxis with unfractionated or low molecular weight heparin and graduated compression hosiery is advised. From which I would conclude that being on the blood thinning injections means that you could reasonably restart your HRT, but it might be worth getting that confirmed by the orthopaedic consultant or by your own GP.
10 Jan
1:46pm, 10 Jan 2025
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fraggle
thanks ! that was what Dr Google was suggesting, so I'll ask my consultant next week :-)
23 Jan
10:20am, 23 Jan 2025
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sallykate
Moan alert (minor issue, really) - doctor called me yesterday morning, I gave him my choice of oestrogen formulation (gel) - then realised once I'd collected the prescription that he'd prescribed patches. Was he even listening?

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