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[Libby Babe]

I thought you might be interested in this.   Yesterday I went for my regular dental check and my dentist said that the general condition of my gums has improved since last time I was there (6 months ago) and I said jokingly, 'that's probably due to the HRT' and he laughed but he agreed that as gums can suffer during pregnancy due to hormone changes, then there is no reason why the HRT will not help to improve the condition of the gums.  It has certainly made a difference in my case so that's another plus for HRT from me!
Libby
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[newstart]

Hi Libby

That's great!  I love it!

Patricia

[Taz2]

Yep - thats what my dentist said too - once oestrogen levels drop then you are much more prone to bleeding gums etc. It is only the oestrogen thats holding us together obviously 

Love Taz x 

[Miss Feelingood]

Oestrogen............ who can live without it?  Judging from this website not many women!!
Oestrogen = Quality of life
Reduce oestrogen and 
Miss Feelingood

[Fed Up]

I have been on HRT for 2 and a half months and have put on alot of weight I was on femstone the hot sweats calmed down but still had the pains in my legs.  Then I changed to Evening Primrose Siberian Gin ::)seng and 5htp I feel much better and found I have more energy people have said I look much better. After loosing weight at ww I felt down that I had put a stone and a half on and my hunger levels rose but it may take a little time to work but I found the herbal way ok.

 

[ripata]

Hi,I went onto hrt just 3 weeks ago estradol? I had my tah 2 years ago at the age of 39 but decided to take the natural route,well i didnt notice much difference and cost me a fortune!So had a chat with a different gp who said i should be on it beacause of osterporosis,i was suffering with bad hot flushes,not sleeping and kept crying for no reason,well although its only been 3 weeks the improvement in my flushes has been amazing and im not crying!so here is hoping its for me!

[Taz2]

Hi Ripata - Welcome to the Forum.

I'm pleased that you have decided to take HRT as you have quite a few years before you get to the "normal" age of meno and you do need the oestrogen to protect your heart and bones.

I too found quick relief from the hot flushes when I started it in December.

Look forward to hearing more from you.

Love Taz x

[Libby Babe]

I met up with a friend yesterday who I hadn't seen for over a year.  She sent me a text this morning which said that I never seem to change and don't ever look any older (perhaps she needs an eye test!  ).   I can only think it is the HRT working its' magic on me so i will stick with it for as long as I can.
Libby
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[Ellen]

Hi Libby,

That was nice of your friend.  I met a friend last night for dinner and whilst waiting for her (as usual) outside the restaurant a 30-ish man walked past me for the second time and said 'not waiting for me, are you?  When I related the story to my friend she asked if he'd had drink taken ! Charming. 

[Freckle]

My GP didn't recommend HRT, and I agreed with her. I tried herbal remedies, including Black Cohosh which I didn't find very effective. In the end I found Agnus Castus really helped with my symptoms - particularly hot flushes. I'd recommend trying that first, before taking HRT.

[lillybee]

I have just read this thread in it's entirety and the common theme is confusion. I have not had a period forn 3 years but have all the worst symptoms for the last 4 years. I work full time and have no energy for anything else, my house is a tip. I have around 20 flushes a day, when I get home my clothes are wet, my hair is a mass of frizz, I don't sleep, I cry a lot and have a vile temper. I have read so many articles on HRT my brain hurts. My friend recently had  a breast removed, she was on HRT, not saying there is a connection but she stopped as soon as she was diagnosed and went straight back to the way I feel now. A number of posts in this thread say the sypmtoms return when HRT is stopped. I have been torturing myself should I try it or not. I feel after 4 years it must be comning to an end, if I take HRT am I just dragging it out. I know women who stopped when the scares first started and without fail the flushes etc returned. Why does it have to be so difficult? No ohter area in life is this harsh or confusing. I feel if men went through this there would have a been a solution long since, after all we can fly men to the moon, why can't we have a safe solution to such a common series of symptoms. There is so much scare mongering and confusion in the media. I reaxch a point where I think I can't cope any longer and then read something scary in the latest findings. I hate being the way I am, but, am muncertain if it is worth starting HRT so late in the day, I am 51 now, and feel I must be reaching the other side of it soon. In the meantime like all of you I work, have family and get fed up being so miserable. Sorry I am rambling, I do find your views helpful and interesting

[Taz2]

Lillybee - I think  I replied to your other post but not sure!

I don't think that there is a set time for the flushes etc to stop. If you are only 51 now then you are at the normal age for meno. Just because you started early does not necessarily seem to mean that you will finish early. I am going to be blunt here - and you wont want to read this next bit - but in the docs last year I met a woman who was 72 and had been having severe flushes for the last 20 years! She had one while we talked. She talked to me about HRT and how she wished she had been offered it as, even if the flushes had returned, she would at least have had some more years flush-free. My own personal view is that your quality of life seems so poor at the moment you should return to your GP and ask to try HRT.

I started mine in December having first battled with myself to do without it and then with my GP when I finally went to her for a prescription. My sweats were leaving me dripping from head to socks every 20 minutes. I was having to take changes of clothes into work. I didn't sleep which left me feeling unable to cope with the smallest thing. Within 12 hours of me hesitantly sticking on my first patch the sweats had almost gone to disappear totally within the next day. Sleep returned - quite good sleep too - joint pains went, skin became less dry and hair stopped falling out.

I know that we feel that if these problems affected men then a "cure" could be found but there is not a cure for everything and I think that our "cure" is HRT. My GP has said that I can have it for 5 years and possibly 10. I am 54 at the moment. I told myself that "ok it may only give you a reasonable quality of life for 5 years but, then, over a 5 year period you could become ill with something non-HRT related, you could die in an accident so, hey, why not enjoy them and see where you are in 5 years time when you have to come off it" 

I researched HRT and the risk of breast cancer. I found that the risk from alcohol is the same if not higher than from HRT. I have had five friends develop the disease and non of them have been on HRT. More info on breast cancer risks here http://www.breakthrough.org.uk/about_breast_cancer/prevention_and_early_detection/risk_factors/index.html

Taz

[juliamd]

Hi lillybee
I too agree with taz2, ive given hrt considerable thought and decided my quality of life now is more important. I am 51 and work looking after people with cancer and well aware of that side of things, however of all the women i meet with cancer only a tiny handful have been on hrt. far more have been smokers or drinkers, those makes the risks far higher.
Im still not sure about the hrt though, i am only into my second month and have had some side effects to deal with, but hoping they settle. on balance tho the flushes are less severe in intensity and sleep pattern is improving, but not the instant results i was expecting. I have 2 met women who have had flushes into their 70's, my mother in law did and never went down the hrt route. i figure if all goes well i will try and reduce the hrt when i retire, as work is the biggest problem in dealing/coping with the meno symptoms.
hope you feel better soon
love
julia

[lillybee]

Thanks both of you, you have been really helpful, as are the others in here. I admit I have gone past the cancer concerns as such, I am probably just wishful thinking that it must come to a conclusion sooner rather than later and the thought of it coming back when you come off HRT is a bit off putting. I have thought of nothing else over the last week or so. I was prescribed anti depressants and decided to come off them recently having taken them for 12 months. That has not helped, the symptoms are the same but I feel even more weepy and low. I have an appointment next Wednesday with my GP I will discuss HRT with her and if she gives the all clear I think it is time I tried it. I can't keep on this way and my family must be fed up with me too, it would be nice to feel normal for once. Thanks for the support it means a lot. xx

[juliamd]

Good luck with it, lets us know how you get on.
love
julia