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Having first hot flashes. Thoughts on hormone replacement, anyone?
12 replies [ Reply | Watch | Options ]had a hysterectomy at 35 and have been on HRT ever since. I take the lowest dose of premarin they make only every other day. Works fine for me, does away with all hot flashes, sleep disruptions, etc, and isn't enough of a dose to cause problems (the opinion of all docs I've seen). It's totally your call after discussing with your doc
[ Reply | Options ]I'm going to give you a warning based on my df - she also had a hysto, was on an estrogen hrt for maybe ten years, developed later stage breast cancer when it was discovered, and she is dead now. Most drs. now also use hrt during the worst symptoms of menopause and then take pts. off. I wish you well.
[ Reply | Options ]yes, there are always tragic examples of how this can go wrong - and I'm sorry about your friend. But there is a huge difference between going through menopause and retaining ovaries that continue to release a small amount of hormone for the rest of your life and losing those ovaries to surgery. I stay up with all the latest recommendations, but this is the right thing for me at the moment (which doesn't mean things won't change in the future)
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Go nutritional and natural hormone balancing routes first. Exercise,don't smoke, drink alcohol in moderation. Go to www.garynull.com and do a search there. You'll find much good info. I don't believe in HRT; there's too much clinically evdenced harm there.
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