Mirena out? Menopause over?

[Mirenadilemma]

Hello. Am 51. After reading on here about benefits of HRT, I went to Dr for HRT last week but advised against it due to family history heart disease. Not sure if I’ve gone through the menopause as no periods for years due to being on mirena. Only symptoms being waking in night, slight flushes, nothing overly dramatic.
Anyway dr recommended a blood test, ‘as you may as well have coil removed if no longer required’. (around 6 yrs).
Was surprised when my results came through. ‘Positive result, menopause over, book appt to remove coil’.
But now am having doubts.
As a teenager I suffered horrendous periods and don’t want them back!
What’s the rush to have mirena removed? Is it giving me beneficial hormones? My sister says has last period age 52 but flushing starts AFTER this? ( I thought last period meant it was all over and that I had escaped lightly?)
Could the blood result be wrong?! I don’t want to risk a pregnancy.
Does anyone (Polly?) have any advise please!
Thanks so much.

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Make sure that you have definitely finished menopause otherwise you will be back to having periods.
My gynaecologist decided to whip mine out when I was 51, because I 'must' be menopausal. Well I wasn't and am back to having periods as regularly as when I was 20, although they are much lighter, it is still a pain.
Have put up with it for 2 years now because I keep thinking I must be going in to menopause soon.
Have decided to give it a couple more months, then Im having a new coil fitted.

Oh wow, many thanks for your very quick response, sorry to hear you’ve endured that.

As a fellow mirena user of 51 I would be wary! I have had a recurrent problem with breast cysts. I had a blood test, after which the breast consultant asked if I knew I had been through the menopause. But the thing is he also told me that I wouldn't get the cysts any more after menopause but here I am 3/4 years after that blood test and still getting them.

My only menopause symptoms, like yours, are getting a bit hot at night and not sleeping as solidly as I used to.

The consultant also said that the cysts are related to spikes of hormones and surely that means any blood test is a snapshot the result of which is dependent on the hormones that day?

Hello. Am 51. After reading on here about benefits of HRT, I went to Dr for HRT last week but advised against it due to family history heart disease.

Briefly, find another GP because yours is out of touch/ ill informed.

Family history of heart disease? What exactly?

It's not relevant except that you could well be helped by HRT
. HRT actually protects against heart disease (new research) . The only women who can't have HRT for 'heart reasons' are those with a current heart disease issue or a recent heart attack. Transdermal HRT ( patches /gel) carry no clotting risks .

Many drs consider the gold standard HRT to be the Mirena and transdermal HRT. But you need a new Mirena every few years ( a 6 yr old one won't work.)

Totally agree with QueenoftheNights

www.menopausematters.co.uk/cvdhrt.php

The belief that heart disease was a risk with hrt came out of the flawed millennium study. Here, the women using the hrt in the study (conjugated Equine oestrogens and MPA) were actually post menopause and symptomless.

If you are going to get another mirena (and I would in your position), my local FPC does not do them over 50 so you may have to find a better GP. (At our surgery, the locums have proved more effective - the GP that has an 'interest' tends to mess about with many tests and not prescribe hrt, and the prescribing nurse who 'deals' with hrt will not prescribe it in case it gives you breast cancer and is still wedded to a 5 year unconditional cut off).

Your GP isn't even up to date with publications for GPs! Let alone the specific research. Hope you can change to one who is - or print off and show them this.

www.gpnotebook.co.uk/simplepage.cfm?ID=537264184

Thank you so much to you all for all the info.