Bloating - Zoladex/Tibolone

[Bookish_Girl]

Hi

I have been on Zoladex injections for a year now and have had add back HRT (tibolone) for about 6 weeks.The add back HRT has really helped the hot flushes & muscle pain but over the past 2 weeks I have been suffering with awful bloating which increases when I eat or drink anything. Has anybody else experienced this? The GP prescribed Wind Eze but it hasn't made a difference. Could this be the add back HRT /. a recurrence of the dreaded Endo belly again?

It's really getting me down.

[Sunset-lady]

Morning, is there a pattern to it? Could foods like grains be triggering it. I suffer from this and am on zoladex which takes it away. Tibolone is a very low form of HRT so shouldn't really do much other than protect your bones.

[Bookish_Girl in reply to Sunset-lady]

Thanks - Haven't noticed an obvious trigger. I can wake up still feeling bloated or it comes on after my morning cup of tea (green, no milk).

[Sunset-lady in reply to Bookish_Girl]

Hi, has the tibilone aggrivated your gut micro biome and caused candida? You may not have many signs other than bloating. Look into this and see if cutting out certain foods like grains, yeast helps. Our gut microbes seem very sensitive on this stuff and HRT can cause candida. Definitely worth considering x

[Bookish_Girl in reply to Sunset-lady]

Thanks - I'll look into that. I have a chequered history with hormonal contraception in that it has always been great for the first month or two then it all seems to go wrong Will try & book a review with the GP.

[Sunset-lady in reply to Bookish_Girl]

Good luck. Healing your gut, liver and balancing your blood sugar will help you metabolise estrogen better and that should help with bloating x