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@willowmena Unfortunately the reality of today's medicine is that doctors have too much stuff to know or cover in the 15 minutes that insurance companies allow them.
I had much better luck with 2 PCP doctors who specialize in treating 65 & older patients only. Both of those doctors were good with putting me on HRT more than 20 years past menopause. The first doctor printed out about 15 pages behind paywalls about HRT including risks, and said that he would prescribe HRT if I felt OK with the risks after reading. Unfortunately he left the practice shortly after, but the replacement doctor did not hesitate at all. She was a big proponent of HRT for osteoporosis and was distressed that the doctor of one of her family members was not up on HRT for OP.
We tend to think of doctors who work with "geriatric" patients as dealing with people who much sicker than whatever we are. But OP is usually a disease of aging. These doctors can focus more about diseases of aging because they can concentrate on older patients and do not need to stay as up on other things that younger people experience like going through menopause or reproductive issues.