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HRT--good or bad?

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sarah bird:
Garnet , you may find my posting in "New Members"... "Food and Menopause" helpful. This book has lots of relevant advice .

love Sarah b x

sarah bird:
Hi Ladies, as one of those who has decided against HRT for many reasons I'd be interested to know just how many of you really feel it has definately helped .

From what I can tell on here there are some who think its an absolute godsend, and some who seem to have to swap and change types and go through a lot of difficulties before arriving at one which DOES help. Then there are those who try it and give up and also those who have never used it.

I wonder, given what we all know are very fluctuating symptoms anyway, just how much of a "cure" HRT really is . The scientific establishment are always changing their  minds about the why's and wherefore's and of course the drug companies are going to wish we were all on it !

I have been absolutely desperate at times for something ,anything , to make all this misery stop and have been very tempted by HRT and now it doesn't seem worth it ....the end MUST be in sight surely but I do wonder if I've done the right thing.

Its good that we all make our own decision in the end but what are we basing that decision on ?

love to all , a curious Sarah b x

Hot2Trot:
I was two years post menopausal and not clear of symptoms. In particular, my sleep pattern was horrendous.  I couldn't cuddle up to my OH because I couldn't bear the heat generated from him and we had no marital relations.

Those are the things that changed for me when I fell onto HRT which I had always been opposed to, believing that my menopause was over and not thinking for one moment that what I was going through could be prevented and not really being an advocate of this unless absolutely essential.

My life has turned around on HRT.  I can sleep for six hours at night, sometimes longer.  I fall asleep being cuddled and now have a full marriage.  He was very patient and tolerant, but life is better now.  I no longer come home from work and go straight to bed either so I have more hours in the day and feel more in control of things around me.

Preparations do need time to get used to.  I could easily have given up because of the nausea I felt in the mornings.  This did go away, as the packet said it would, and I haven't looked back.  How I got lucky and was given the right preparation from day one, I don't know. I can only put it down to the skill and knowledge of my prescribing doctor.

sarah bird:
Thats really good news Hot2Trot , it must have been such a relief to find something that WORKED , glad you are feeling more like your "normal " self.

love Sarah b x

Garnet:
Hi Hot2trot
In reply to your question as to whether my BP is controlled with meds - the answer is no, but since coming off the HRT my BP is back to normal. However, I'm coping with the hot flushes and the only symptom is the tiredness which could be as the result of the Hysterectomy (TAH/BSO) 20 weeks ago- perhaps I'm expecting too much too soon??

Thanks Sarah B
I'll certainly go onto your post regarding food. I've been taking Menopace plus for the last 2 months which includes Isoflavines, mins & vits etc so it will be interesting to see if there is anything else I can take as well to help things.

Garnetx

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