HRT Problems – Lisa’s Story

Hi, My name is Lisa and in July last year I had to have a full hysterectomy via keyhole surgery at 43 years old due to heavy painful periods. I had the option to keep my ovaries but after careful consideration I decided to also have them removed. I chose this route because a) if I had problems in the future with my ovaries I didn’t want to end up having further surgery and b) my theory was as I already had 3 children and at my age planned no more I thought I didn’t need them? With HRT available I guessed life would carry on as normal afterwards? The op itself went really well and I was amazed that after the initial pain in recovery which was controlled by morphine, the next day I had little or no pain. Hence to say 2 days later I was allowed home and didn’t even need to take any painkillers. The recovery continued well over the next few weeks and I had no problems whatsoever, until it came to sorting out my HRT? Initially my doctor put me on 1g of tablet form for a few months but the hot flushes continued so I had a blood test and my oestrogen levels came back as 50 which is very low? So he increased the HRT to 2g. Over the next couple of months I still didn’t feel right with feeling hot, a foggy brain, poor memory and tiredness. The lack of memory worried me the most and I felt like I had turned into mother over night? So I persevered but went back to my docs a couple of months back for another blood test which this time came back as 180 which is stil...
Source: The Hysterectomy Association - Category: OBGYN Authors: Tags: Your Stories hormone replacement therapy Source Type: news