@sondrachristo1
Hi Sondra, I am wondering what HRT your doctor put you on? I won't take the pills and only use the patch. I have to use the NON-Generic patch, as the generic brand is a thicker, spongy material and breaks me out in hives beneath it. The clear patch, I replace every Sunday morning, and as long as the doctors leave me alone, I have done fine for years. I say leave me alone, because I have left two doctors or PA's who are very young and raised in the genre, that HRT is BAD for us. I tried to get off, and over a 2-year period of trying to stop and getting hot flashes so bad that I couldn't sleep; get back on and then reduce the amount of the patch, then try to get off again, I WENT FROM 5'4" DOWN TO 5'2-1/4". It's hard enough to find "short" pants for 5'4". These youngsters today don't seem to understand that HRT when stopped also clouds clarity of mind, and definitely causes major bone loss. I went back on my 0.0375/m patch, once a week and have had absolutely no more bone loss in over 6 years now. The reduced amount of HRT gives me major relief from hot flashes, which I started at 28 years of age, following a complete hysterectomy. So I have been on HRT for many years, as I turned 75 in December. I told my new PA, not to even talk to me about getting off my patch, because I'm 75, and if I die from a heart attack, at least it will be quick. I'm not going through the misery I went through trying to get off the patch for 2 years, with 5 attempts. I literally threw blankets on and off all night and did not get hardly any sleep. Which do you think would be worse for us at this age --- no sleep or HRT??