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Aging Well | Last Active: Oct 31 12:56pm | Replies (194)

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@llynch17056

I am so happy for you. Estrogen has risks. When we are told about medical risks it is never that every person using the medication will experience a particular side effect, it is to warn you which side effects you could have. I hope you and your daughter never have the cancer side effect of estrogen use, or any other side effect, but that does not change that some people will have the cancer side effect to their horror. The nature of risk is that you roll the dice and hope it’s not you. Just about everything has risk. Each person has to decide which risks they want to take. For me, personally, I chose not to take the estrogen risk when coconut oil will ease my vaginal discomfort without risk.

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There isn't a drug on the market that doesn't have risks. Every drug has a side effect. I have primary immunodeficiency and have to give myself infusions of other peoples plasma to get their antibodies because I don't make my own to bacteria and viruses. I could get a blood clot from that but that doesn't mean that the benefits don't out way the side effects.