Surgical menopause due to cervical hysterectomy

Hi Em41 

I hope you’ll get some replies from some of the other ladies who’ve been through a surgical menopause-I had  already gone through a natural menopause with no issues before my diagnosis so don’t have the right experience to offer any advice for you. 

Sarah xx

Hi Sarah,

ok thank you I’m still finding out so much more stuff but be interesting to see what people are doing. Xx

Hi Em41,

I hope your procedure went ok. Yes, I use patches and an estrogen vaginal pessary. I do find the pessary helps with dryness/soreness and it has helped with my bladder (it seems to wake it up a bit). I told my physio that the pessary was a bit fiddly and she told me about an estrogen cream that may help so I need to get this. I have never had testosterone mentioned by my docs. What does it help with?
I hope you can see a menopause specialist soon and they help you find what works best for youx

Hi my love,

healing ok still in pain but just waiting for results now. Yes she said about the cream, so my dr has given me that to use but just need to speak to my surgeon first. The testosterone apparently helps with sleep, mood changes and libido. But she also said there are slot of side affects so I need to look into that. How do you get on with the patches? Do they come off easy? My dr is sending me for bloods to check all my levels so that will be interesting and to see where they are sitting. Again they offered me antidepressants!!! Apparently these tablets help with sleep! Still not sure though! Hope you are well xxx