Hi, I am 53 and six weeks post op from total hysterectomy, I had a private consultation previous to the op and was recommended oestrogel, I started applying 2 pumps every day as recommended for two weeks but did not feel any difference I still had hot flushes and night sweats and felt tired, I then increased to four pumps, two of a morning and two of an evening as advised but still no difference, last week I spoke to the doctor again who was surprised my hot sweats hadn’t started reducing by now and she said I could increase by another two pumps to six, have been doing this for a week but still no difference, I had such high hopes for the oestrogel as read so many positive stories about it, she did say some women have trouble absorbing the gel and I could try patches after the three month mark if still no joy, she mentioned estrodot, I asked my local doctor if I could have my oestrogen levels checked to see if I was absorbing the gel but he said they do not do this as routine and I can’t afford to keep having private consultations, in answer to your question regarding the patches sticking, I used Everol sequi patches a couple of years ago and found the lifted at the edges sometimes so I used tegaderm tape over the top which you can get on prescription or over the counter x