I had a complete hysterectomy 1 week ago,
the Dr. Gave me estrodiol 1mg. I have
not taken any since my release from the
hospital. So far I have not really
noticed any changes as I was going thru
the hot flashes and night sweats before
the surgery, they are things I have
learned to live with since they dont seem
to bother me to much. Can anyone tell me
what the pros and cons of taking or not
taking the hrt is.
cons- breast cancer, bone degeneration,
heart disease
i personally take the hrt, I currently use
the estridol patch. I have to, though.
I am miserable without it. I was tried on
the cocktail of estrogen and testosterone
first. It was great at first. I had
never felt better. My husband loved the
new sex drive. But, I started having to
shave my chin daily, I lost all high
pitched tones in my voice, and I grew a
"happy trail" just like a man's with the
same hair pattern on my chest. That
sucks. Only you can decide if you want
to take it or not. It is not recommended
to take hrt longer than seven years. I
had a vag hyst at 24 and had my ovaries
removed at 27 last year. I cannot see
myself taking hormones for the rest of my
life. Especially since breast cancer and
heart disease runs rampant in my family on
both sides.
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Kia
Supporter
Joined: 23 Jun 2004 Posts: 6594 Location: Planet Tampaxia,
Posted: 04-24-05 03:59am
Bnot everyone needs hrt - what do you
think women did before hrt??
read this
here
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richelle
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 20 Jun 2005 Posts: 2 Location: internet
Partial Hystorectomy Posted: 06-20-05 18:36pm
To let those of you in on al little
secrect I had a partial hystorectomy last
year. One day my best fried and all of
my friends were telling me that I was
moody and I too felt not right. I had the
night sweats, breast hurt and tireds you
name it I was feeling 10 times worse than
when I got my montyly periods so I went to
longs and bought this product over the
counter where you would find tampons and
such and found the product called hrt it
is a once a day disbursement of cream you
rub on your body and it is a bio-tech
product and what a difference as far at my
sex drive and moodyness I now do not have
any night sweats and my sex dirve is
really great again and people say I seem
less moody. But I still can not get the
stupid 30lbs off I am dieting and
exercising. Any good sugestions please
help
