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[Shelbelle]

I would never use any kind of HRT, . My gyno tried to get me to use estrogen cream, said it is considered topical. I said but it still gets inserted into the bloodstream. When I looked on the website it said first thing, it is considered topical, but a small amt does go into the system, so no thanks!! You have to be your own advocate, you cannot think docs are Gods, that is just too old school. Do your own research and your own homework. It has been years since they first said HRT can be dangerous. Just like now with baby powder with talc causing ovarian cancer, they said this 20 years ago.

[twinkies]

Hormone replacemnt therapy is contraversial and  really is a personal coice , I myself have never taken it , Hoever just for though you might want to try a milk thistle supplement , Milk thistle has many of the properties of hormone like relacement and according to many studies does not cause cancer , It can actually help prevent cancer , It helps your ovaries and reudces many of the symptoms of menopause , Milk thistle is also good and helps prevent any kind  of liver damage especially idf you are on methotrexate and keeps your liver enzymes from elavating , I have taken it for years , Try a good orgaic or kosher brand , Because of  my arthritis my typing is limited but you can look milk thistle up . Its a good supplemet for everyone

Cathy from ma.

[Melania]

No one was meant to take HRT for that long unless they had a premature hysterectomy and even then they go off it as they reach peri-menopause.

The reason it is taken is because when a younger person loses their ovaries etc. it sets them up for early heart issues. That is why it is given in these cases.

There are many women who complain about the symptom's of menopause and demand something to ease them. Doctors are up against the wall.

I'm curious how they knew for a fact it caused breast cancer.  I know many people who have it and NEVER took HRT. 

It's so easy to blame the doctor. Why aren't women researching before they take anything?? If a hormone is lacking there is a reason and usually it is nature's course.

[SeaMaiden]

The information tying HRT to cancer has been in the news for many many years.  why women would chose to take them knowing that is beyond me. It is like a person choosing to smoke knowing the dangers of smoking. I guess it is just a bad stupid choice. No one to blame than the individual choosing to make a bad choice with all the science saying DON'T DO IT.  People need to be informed and ask lots of questions.

[Zhills]

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@Annabellethecat66 wrote:

I had HRT therapy for over 20 years.  I never had a problem with it at all.  I stopped it for a time and was so sick my Dr put me back on it.  Then the insurance company (a new one) would not fill the medicine just like that!  My Dr filled out all of the paper work required and they STILL would not fill it.  Each person is different.  I'm 70 years old.  I trust my Dr I've had for 35 years.  He knows me better than some insurance company that I've had for a few months.

I had a hysterectomy right after my daughter was born 36 years ago.  I have no history anywhere in my family of any kind of cancer, mental problems, but not cancer.  It makes me really angry at the stage of my life.

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Worth paying the extra in my book!  

[PINKdogWOOD]

When I was in my 40s and started menopause my gyno dr tried his best to get me to take HRTs.  I continued to refuse.  I know some women have extreme menopausal effects and swear by their HRT and I get that.

That just isn't me.  I do my best to  not have to take prescriptions drugs.  Regardless of how bad my symptoms were and lasted as many YEARS as they did, I still would have never taken HRTs.  This again is just me.

[muttmom]

Why would someone need HRT for over 25 years?

[willdob3]

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@muttmom wrote:

Why would someone need HRT for over 25 years?

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 Side effects of menopause do not go away for everyone. The suggestion that they last for a short time and then then go away once one is post-menopausal is incorrect. It varies with each person.

[151949]

Taking bioidenticals for a few years through menopause is no where near the same as taking them for years and years. Why a doctor would keep someone on HRT past menopause is a mystery to me.I know a woman who just passed away at age 91 who has been on premarin since menopause. She died of bladder cancer.

[Q4u]

A friend of my Mother's was on HRT for years and years and died of brain cancer....

My Mother did not use HRT and neither have I.  I believe that if you need it to help the symptoms while going through the change that's good, but 25 years?