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DiscussionWhere is the research and the money for helping women with menopause??
Women's Health | Last Active: Oct 22 12:49pm | Replies (3)Comment receiving replies
Replies to "Hi, @gravity3. It sounds as though you have some concerns about the need for more research..."
I did face menopause many years ago, almost forty years. At the age of forty I had an ovary removed, uterus and cervix. I was told that these were all pre-cancerous. My other ovary was removed when I was thirty, due to being covered in cysts, which had burst. The symptoms after the removal was tiredness and aching body. When I was given hormone replacement I felt much better.
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I should have included that with the recognition that the women's health initiative study is flawed and doctors have used it to make treatment plans for menopausal women. As a 76 year old woman I also recognize that if that if the flaws in that study has been discovered much earlier my health picture might have been much different. It com s down to so little money being allocated for the study of menopause and women's health in general. The PBS documentary on menopause called The M Factor Shredding the silence on menopause does an outstanding job of addressing these issues.
To answer your other question, I became menopausal at age 38. I didn't have symptoms. I simply had my period one month and thereafter none.