I need to update mine, but my old posts can be found on my profile and you might find the information helpful. I am not a doctor, just someone who has been on
Bioidentical hormones since 2000 after my Hysterectomy (radical). I, too, started that very day on an estrogen patch. I use Vivelle Estradiol... climara is good, too. Newer research indicates that Estradiol (the kind of estrogen we had pumping through us in our 20's) is the only way to go.