Post by jacksfullofaces on Aug 2, 2012 14:28:17 GMT
Today I went for a follow up after my Urodynamics and got the specialist leading the team. He went through the results and said no pessary because of my allergy to latex so effectively back to square one but that isn't his fault. We got onto the topic of vaginal estrogen cream which he said I didn't need because my periods are regular and he hauled out this lubricant. I checked the ingredients and said it would not prevent the onset of atrophy and we had quite a discussion about menopause and hormones.
I asked him how big a reduction of breast cancer risk from not using hormones and he said he didn't have the answer. I then asked him how he would want a shrivelled up sex organ because he had reached fifty. I told him menopause sucked and raised risks for heart disease, osteoporosis, colon cancer and depression.
I then mentioned European Directives and that got him talking - apparently he isn't allowed to recommend hormones for women because of current guide lines from Europe.
He opened up and told me how his wife was having a threatened miscarriage and couldn't get micronised progesterone pessaries ( Cyclogest) because it is only permitted in the UK for IVF pregnancies with threatened miscarriages despite being allowed in the rst of Europe for this purpose.
The upshot was that he obtained it and gave it to his wife with a happy outcome.
This great doctor was clearly very frustrated by the NHS protocol which prevented him from offering women hormones unless they pushed for them.
I told him how some women in desperation were ordering them from the internet and suggested NHS saving money by not prescribing.
He agreed it was a disgrace and we were talking for about an hour about this. I told him I thought gynaecologists should have a greater awareness of how unwell low hormones could make a woman feel.
Jacks
I asked him how big a reduction of breast cancer risk from not using hormones and he said he didn't have the answer. I then asked him how he would want a shrivelled up sex organ because he had reached fifty. I told him menopause sucked and raised risks for heart disease, osteoporosis, colon cancer and depression.
I then mentioned European Directives and that got him talking - apparently he isn't allowed to recommend hormones for women because of current guide lines from Europe.
He opened up and told me how his wife was having a threatened miscarriage and couldn't get micronised progesterone pessaries ( Cyclogest) because it is only permitted in the UK for IVF pregnancies with threatened miscarriages despite being allowed in the rst of Europe for this purpose.
The upshot was that he obtained it and gave it to his wife with a happy outcome.
This great doctor was clearly very frustrated by the NHS protocol which prevented him from offering women hormones unless they pushed for them.
I told him how some women in desperation were ordering them from the internet and suggested NHS saving money by not prescribing.
He agreed it was a disgrace and we were talking for about an hour about this. I told him I thought gynaecologists should have a greater awareness of how unwell low hormones could make a woman feel.
Jacks
