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I had a total hysterectomy at the age of 35 back in 2000, and was on Premarin for 5 years because back then they wanted you off of it as quickly as possible because they believed you were guaranteed breast cancer if you stayed on it. We now know that you are at no more risk than a woman that has her ovaries her entire life, and recommend women stay on it because you NEED those hormones. I'm 60 years old now, and suffer from a shriveled up hoo ha, night sweats, the beginning of heart issues and likely osteoporosis (I have not had a Dexa scan), and was unable to have sex from not having estrogen/progesterone all these years (the pain and skin tears were unbearable). Would going back on HRT help me to reverse those issues, or am I just doomed because of bad medical advice? I found an OTC Estradiol/Progesterone cream, and it helped with the sex part, but I doubt it's doing much more than that because the dose is so low (which is why it's OTC).
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I took Prempro, which is premarin & progesterone combined for 13 years from 1997 until 2010 and it was a miracle worker for me. My Gyn stopped it after a mammogram showed calcifications in my breast, he removed the calcifications and biopsied them and they were benign. I was never put back on HRT by him and he is now retired and at age 75, my quality of life is suffering. I tried for a long time to get an appointment with another Gyn who specializes in menopause, but with no luck. I finally have an appointment with someone in 2 weeks and I am hoping that she can recommend bioidentical hormone therapy for me. @maidenmn, I hope you can find someone who understands what you are going through and get the help you also need. After all that I have read, I truly believe that Bioidentical hormone therapy is the way to go.
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Just started bhrt about a year ago at 76. I am prescribed estradiol, testosterone, progesterone and vaginal estradiol cream . Great results through a functional medicine provider. I am having great results. I told myself, "go for it".