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Author Topic: Chemical hysterectomy and the use of progesterone  (Read 3613 times)

Chi chi

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Chemical hysterectomy and the use of progesterone
« on: March 16, 2016, 11:48:53 AM »
I'm a bit confused as I thought that progesterone still needs to be used if your adding back in estrogen? I read about a woman who didn't??
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CLKD

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Re: Chemical hysterectomy and the use of progesterone
« Reply #1 on: March 16, 2016, 01:08:27 PM »
I don't understand 'chemical hysterectomy'  :-\
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Chi chi

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Re: Chemical hysterectomy and the use of progesterone
« Reply #2 on: March 16, 2016, 01:35:02 PM »
Where you take medication that shuts down your ovaries/hormones
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Re: Chemical hysterectomy and the use of progesterone
« Reply #3 on: March 16, 2016, 02:09:08 PM »
 :thankyou:

If you have womb I believe that you need both, the progesterone cleanses the womb as 'normal'? 
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Hurdity

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Re: Chemical hysterectomy and the use of progesterone
« Reply #4 on: March 16, 2016, 04:57:36 PM »
Yes CLKD is right - if you shut down your ovaries chemically and then add back HRT - the idea is to eliminate fluctuations and therefore extreme cyclical symptoms - but anyone with a uterus still  needs a progestogen. That woman is not doing the correct treatment unless on v low dose oestrogen and regular scan to check the uterus lining.

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