Menopause webchat with Dr Rosemary Leonard - 1pm 10 August

Has it finished - I don't think my question was answered.

Nor mine!

I have just read all the postings so s I have an answer I think- annoying I could have been on here instead of chopping fruit and salads for my elf! I forgot must be menopausal.

Thanks for the reply, I was interested to read a new rounded tummy is a good thing, I wish more women would embrace their new shape instead of trying to remain teenage slim and I'm relieved to hear it's all over and done with, no hot flushes or suchlike for me so I guess I was pretty lucky then.

Thank you so much for reply to my question, I hoe you will continue to be available to women for such problems, radio 4 next perhaps?

I'm sure it must just be coincidence or the vagaries of the weather, but since I started following this thread, I have had hot flushes 2/3 times a day - something I thought had ended years ago.

On rounded tummies, I've always had a round tummy. It has never been flat even when I was too thin overall. My tummy is the same as it has always been but although I weigh the same as I did when I was fifteen (8 stone give or take a couple of pounds) my waist measurement is several inches bigger than it was. I don't go in at the sides as much as I used to. I think it's a redistribution of body fat (not sure where from!) rather than extra. I suppose I could have less muscle than I used to have...

Interesting thread btw. Thank you, Rosemary Leonard.

Hi, I am post menopausal and was experiencing hot flushes, night sweats and prickling/ itching sensations for 16 years. After several referrals to dermatology, allergy etc I saw a gynaecologist who put me on Tibelone HRT , 'no bleed' but unfortunately I did bleed and so they inserted a Merina coil. I then developed strange neurological sensations to include tight feelings around my legs, stinging, pins and needles in hands and feet, but worst of all incredible icy sensations in my arms and legs.
To cut a long story short I have now seen a neurologist who thinks I have peripheral neuropathy(small fibre) and is sending me for a head and spine MRI scan.
Most of the worst neurological symptoms started after the Mirena was inserted so I have now asked to have it removed which happened two days ago. I am now bleeding, feeling light headed and very out of sorts.
I find the whole thing overwhelming and frightening.
I don't know whether I should come off the Tibelone as I can't face a return to the hideous night sweats and hot flushes and I am afraid for the future regarding the neurological disorder as it is apparently progressive.
The icy sensations have been a little better since removal of the coil and I am seriously hoping that the other neurological sensations will subside.
Has anyone else suffered neurological symptoms on the Mirena coil?

Perhaps I should have said that I am now 64 and been in HRT for a year.