My joints are in great shape....I have the X-rays to prove it (from checking out the foot/ankle symptoms).
HOWEVER, my feet/ankles hurt every morning and when I get up after sitting a while. I did not have this when just taking vagifem, but I did have bladder/urethral pain that wouldn't remit. Once I started on HRT, the feet/ankles began to hurt but no swelling though. I think it is related to hormone replacement for me. I took a hormone HRT off holiday and it went away, but bladder pain came back!..... so I went back on the HRT to make my life livable again.
The feet/ankle thing is annoying, but it is nothing compared to constant burning bladder/urethra and urge to go. That is just miserable.
It truly is a trade-off....nothing seems to fix everything in menopause.
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