I started HRT ( hormone therapy ) at age 58. It was recommended by my gynecologist to halt bone loss and to help with menopausal issues.
I stayed on it for 5 years.
I did not have risk factors for heart problems or breast cancer so it was an easy decision . It was effective at stopping further bone loss but didn’t reverse the bone loss that had already occurred between age 55-58.
I wish I had started hormones earlier in my mid fifties but nobody suggested it back then.
I’m glad I did the HRT but my gynecologist thought 5 years was the limit so I had to stop it. Now I’m on Tymlos trying to build some of the bone I lost from menopause .

Hi there, I’m not sure if I answered this, but I started by identical HRT at 47 and I stopped at 58. Then I started this last year at 67. There’s been a lot of new research indicating that BHRT especially transdermal is not a cancer risk in low doses and there’s a lot of upside. I have cancer in my family- mom died of ovarian cancer-I’ve worked with doctors and I’ve read studies. I am not afraid of managing “side effects” because several times I’ve been on just awful medicines and the more my body needs the benefit of the medicine the more side effect they seem to exhibit. With proper support and doctor team management the side effects go away, but the benefits stay so I am a big proponent of hormones and the bone replacement medication’s when they are properly administered and supported. We do have to advocate for ourselves and make sure that we make inquiries (like we are doing here at this group) and then take that information and question our doctors.