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Thanks for the links. My big dilemma or “problem” is, although I‘m only 54, I went through menopause approximately 22 years ago. In the video, the doctor repeatedly states women under 60 who are w/i terms years of menopause. My father had a massive heart attack in his early 50s and died; however, he’d had cancer 5 yrs prior, and heart attack risk is higher for cancer survivors. I saw a cardiologist 1.5 yrs ago and my heart was fine then and U don’t think anything has changed. I don’t have high blood pressure.

The Brits seem to be willing to prescribe HRT to women who are more than 10 yrs beyond menopause and I’m really thinking it might be worth the risk. Most women who are 10 yrs beyond menopause are in their 60s and I’m not.

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I understand. Truly. There is no one solution fits all. I'm 55 but am only 18 months past my last period, so for me the timing is perfect to consider HRT with hopefully minimal risk. Can does run in my family, and one of my cousins had breast cancer and survived, but my mother was on HRT for a number of years and had no problem. I'm going to collect all the information that I can, send all my results and stuff to Dr. McCormick and get his input, and then make a decision by April/May whether or not to go on HRT, a bisphosponate, or nothing for now. If I do go on HRT, it will be the lowest possible transdermal patch to see how I react to it. The whole thing is causing me a lot of sleepless hours that's for sure.