Experiences with

Estring vaginal ring

Every single time I have used estradiol cream, or Estring, I get worsening pelvic pain after about a week of starting it. Stopping the estrogen allows the pain to go away. My doctors act like they've never heard of this, and keep pushing estrogen cream for my vaginal atrophy.

Hi- I have been on Tamoxifen for five years- because I had a history of UTIs when I was much younger and was worried about the effects of tamoxifen on bladder and vagina I used local low dose estrogen -Estring or Vagifem depending on what was available - apparently this very localized dose doesn’t affect

For a long time now I feel a need to wee when I don’t need to. It comes and goes. I don’t have bladder pain or any other pain and no pain when I wee. All I feel is the tip of my urethra at the entrance is sore and burning and makes me feel I have to wee. When I do wee it does not go. It is driving me

Sorry, probably not the correct community, but to update, it would seem from the cystoscopy from which the consultant diagnosed as above, and the use of the estriol cream that things are improving. Certainly I am getting used to using the application which to begin with was a little uncomfortable,

Phone call from GP today to say that a further prescription of Estriol cream has been issued. It looks as though this is the way forward for me so will now be using every night, it seems on the issue that this needs to be for four weeks and then dropping back to twice weekly, with an 80g tube I find

So report has come back from investigation as : Vaginal atrophy and caruncle bladder findings unremarkable, ureteric orifice normal. so conclusion for use of HRT Now to decide definitely on the vagifem pessary or estriol cream, favouring the cream if I'm honest. just want it sorted !!

Having had all the concern over bladder issues, which now seem to have passed, another matter has arisen, diagnosis of sore, itching and pain on urinating led to the prescribing of vegifem which having used twice caused some issue with bleeding. On being unable to contact GP due to weekend and bank

I have seen my GP today and she is suggesting that I might try vagifem as pessary or Estriol cream due to very sore and dry vagina with symptoms of recurrent UTI's, periodically very small traces of blood in the urine. I am also currently on fluconazole now a once a week dose and nitrofurantoin which

Hi , I'm uk I've been on estriol cream for 5 days now. It maybe coincidence but I've started with bloating some pressure rectum constipation. I do have ibs c so perhaps it is coincidence. Just to add my issues are penetration only no other pelvic pain issues.

what can I do if I can never get full on a appropriate amount of calories and even high volume veggies make it challenging to stick to a calorie deficit 😭 I am eating mindfully, well rested, drinking liters of water as much as I can, eating a lot of protein from eggs and chickpeas and fish, healthy

Hello, I got off Pramipexole after 6 tough months because of long term use and severe augmentation. Life changing doesn’t come close to how it feels now as I was lucky to have GP willing to prescribe low dose sub lingual Buprenorphine after seeing neurologist in Manchester privately. No RLS at all

Hi All, I hope its ok to introduce myself. I'm new here - joined today - and tbh I need support in my weightloss journey. I seem to have stalled for a good few months now and I'm just getting back on track now. I started my weight loss journey back in June 2024 when I weighed 230.8 lbs and 46.6% body

Thank you for your input. I wanted to wait a while until I gave my report on how I’m doing. My GP phoned me the same day that I questioned being prescribed Duloxetine and took some time explaining things, refuting evidence of wholesale problems with RLS and persuaded me to follow his advice. He said

So I am 41 years old and I've been overweight most of my adult life. I suffer with binge eating and have done for as long as I can remember. I chose to eat for any occasion - happy or sad and life seems to revolve around meals, snacks and generally being unhealthy so it's time to make some changes

I'm sure there's already been loads of debate here about what kind of diet is best and I have my own opinions, based on research and personal experience, but when I choose my approach to weight loss, I really struggle to stick with a program without easily swayed by someone else's ideas and I can end

I have muscular dystrophy and the past 3 months have been hell with severe depression and anxiety, where I keep going only because what else do I do. I want to see the world so I’ll just suffer through it. The only reason I could have this is because my condition gets worse with regression. But I’m also

Hello community - I have stage 4 ovarian cancer metastases in the stomach and have been on Targin 25mg a day. Within 3 months my RLS came back with a vengeance. As per advice from this community I asked my doctor to change my medication from Oxycodone and Targin to Buprenophine. She calculated that

I started at 153 kg but just weighed 21st December 2024 and I'm 139kg and pleased with this, I've been down gym 3 time's in 5 day's and watching my carbs I eat, it's the lowest I've been for a few year's, finally the smart scales are heading in the right direction. Last weeks weight was 143kg so total

Good afternoon. About five weeks ago I developed an UTI for which I took three separate courses of antibiotics as it wouldn't clear. In the same period I contracted Covid which didn't affect me much. I only found out that I had it because a friend who I'd spent time with had done a Covid test and it

Hello. Does anyone have advice on the use of estriol cream for vaginal atrophy. Also whilst seeing the urologists they have advised that I should not worry about the fact that I have both maternal and paternal grandmothers and maternal aunts who had breast cancer. Also they've changed medication to Hiprex