Re: A Question for the ladies

[Guest guest]

Good genes is the lucky part but it also helps to have common sense

which seems so lacking in younger folk. No I'm not knocking the

younger ones they may be old someday to if they have good genes and

apply common sense.

BVan (Betty) over the hill too at 72.5

>

> aren,t we lucky? we must be doing something right,i meant eating

right.have a great christmas.

[Guest guest]

Maybe you just haven't noticed life getting easier. Going down hill is

easier than going up.

BVan (Betty)

>

> Over the hill? What hill? I don't remember any hill!

>

> But I was 67 in November.

>

> Jo in Sunny Minnesota

[Guest guest]

katakaniki wrote:

> Are there any ladies out there that have diabetes that are also taking

> hormones? I went to my gyno this week and he wants me to discontinue

> my hormones. He says that there is a higher risk of blood clots and

> stroke if you take hormones and are diabetic. I do NOT want to stop my

> hormones. Other than the obvious many side effects of stopping them I

> have also read that your BS could go up and so could your blood

> pressure. I am going to get a few second opinions and I am also

> wanting to talk to other women who take hormones that are diabetic. I

> think that stopping them will change the quality of my life so much

> that I am willing to take the risks.

I'm just a baby at 51, but I've been taking hormones most of my life, so

here's my $0.02 worth:

After menopause (I was early), I started losing bone density at an

alarming rate. Also, my previously controlled migraines and depression

were getting uncontrolled again. I had read alot about hormones, and

decided that if I needed to take them, it would be bio-identical and NOT

PREMARIN.

My doctor agreed, and I have been on 0.5 mg estradiol before bed for

about 1.5 years now. The migraines and depression cleared right up, and

my last bone density text (Dexascan) showed that I had actually

REMINERALIZED! That's right, without Fosamax or other similar meds, I

had not just stopped the bone density loss but actually reversed it, to

the point where several places were normal and only one spot showed a

lower than desired bone density. For those three reasons, I will

continue to take the 0.5 mg estradiol.

I am T2, fat, and sedentary (CFIDS), and there is plenty of heart

disease on both sides of my family. But my doctor approves my taking

this low dose of hormones.

There are many nutritional supplements you can take to affect your risk

of blood clots and stroke, as well as plain old aspirin. If you haven't

had either a blood clot or stroke, I would say to balance the quality of

life improvements with the hormones vs the projected increased risk.

--

el (andreafrankel at sbcglobal dot net)

" wake now! Discover that YOU are the song that the morning brings... "

[Guest guest]

i'm 51 which doesn't make me much older

Bev in Oregon

Rob Fearnley RobFearnley@...> wrote:

I must be the baby of the family, a mere youngster at 50 - though somedays

it feels a heck of a lot older.

Rob

Re: A Question for the ladies

> So we're all admitting to our age, huh. I guess I'm just a kiddo, will

> be 62 on Wednesday, and if I ever get over this cold/cough thing I'll

> see if I can find the hill.

>

> CarolR

>

> Bea Pullar wrote:

>> They're all molehills!

[Guest guest]

>

> Are there any ladies out there that have diabetes that are also

taking

> hormones? I went to my gyno this week and he wants me to discontinue

> my hormones. He says that there is a higher risk of blood clots and

> stroke if you take hormones and are diabetic. I do NOT want to stop

my

> hormones. Other than the obvious many side effects of stopping them I

> have also read that your BS could go up and so could your blood

> pressure. I am going to get a few second opinions and I am also

> wanting to talk to other women who take hormones that are diabetic.

I

> think that stopping them will change the quality of my life so much

> that I am willing to take the risks. I know one woman who is in her

> 70s and still takes her hormones.

>

> Kat

>

my GP didn't allow me to go onto hormones either

i'm almost all the way thru the hot flashes and side affects of

the 'change of life'............. now i know why it's called 'change of

life' because you won't believe how it will change your life until you

are there!

my mother is in her mid 70's and all her friends are being taken off

hormones and they are going thru all the symptoms that i am going thru

so, hormones only DELAY the inevitible side affects of menopause

kate