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Have you been told no to hrt if you are 10+ years post menopause?
Osteoporosis & Bone Health | Last Active: Feb 9 3:05pm | Replies (67)Comment receiving replies
Oddly enough, my cardiologist okayed HRT for me in spite of my heart issues because, as he put it, I am "the poster child for osteoporosis and should use anything that will help strengthen" my bones. But my endocrinologist, who actually manages my osteoporosis, said no to HRT. She felt it was an unnecessary risk, especially given that I have ulcerative colitis.
I've had UC for 33 years, and this was the first I'd heard about UC increasing blood clot risk. In fact, I was on HRT when I was in my 40s & 50s to guard my bones because I was on chronic steroids to treat the U.C.!
I am now 73 years old, have severe osteoporosis, and would like to use every possible weapon against it. I am also just past 10 years post menopause, which my gyn says increases stroke risk. I would like to hear from any post-menopausal women who have UC. Have you also been warned of clot risk if you use HRT for your bone health?
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Oh my gosh, I went through menopause at age 49! And no one put me on HRT, which in hindsight I wonder about. I'm down to -3.6 in my lumbar spine, and have now been on Tymlos for almost a year. I try to stay at the full dose, but when I start feeling muscle weakness, I cut back. Once I feel ok again, I try to up the dose for awhile.
I do get plenty of soy, which is supposed to be somewhat of an estrogen mimic?? My endocrinologist also had recommended taking a soy product daily. Who knows if it helps, but it can't hurt, since the soymilk is also loaded with calcium.
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Hi - I did not take HRT during menopause because it was just after that study came out saying it increases breast cancer risk (and that study has now been debunked). My docs will not prescribe HRT now for my osteoporosis because I am 10+ years out from menopause, but an endocrinologist has suggested a kind of drug called a SERMS, which acts like HRT but does not cause estrogen uptake anywhere but the bones. So I’m looking into that. By the way, I had a Reclast infusion in March of last year and will never do it again - it was the sickest I have ever been in my life, and has apparently triggered fibromyalgia in me, so I am in constant pain with fatigue.