Low dose estradiol with no progesterone?

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Hi everyone,

I haven't been here in awhile, but I do occasionally lurk.

I am post-menopausal for over 2 years. I have been using between 1/8 and 1/4

tsp of Estrogel every night to help with sleep for over 3 years. I have not

used P because it is positively evil for me so I have risked using unopposed

estrogen.

Recently I had some bizarre symptoms and had ultrasound of the ovaries and

uterus since a previous CT scan showed the uterus to be 'heterogenously

enlarged/enhanced' I was expecting my uterine lining to be increased, but

amazingly it showed only a 3 mm stripe.

Fearing cancer prior to getting all these results, I immediately went off the

estrogel. And it does not seem to be bothering me.

My question--does anyone here take unopposed estrogen, or know anyone who does?

If so, why? And how much/how long have you taken it?

I haven't decided if I should re-start it. I made sure to eat the right foods

and take the right supplements so as not to allow the estradiol to go down the

wrong cancer-causing pathway, so maybe that helped? And/or the fact that it

was such a small dose.

I'm interested in your thoughts.