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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Honestly, there’s no strong evidence that HRT when started within 10 years of menopause, and ideally done transdermally, creates ANY significant health risks.

I drink wine now and then, which is causally linked to all sorts of bad health outcomes. I drive in a car even though I statistically put my safety at risk every time. I eat saturated fat even though my cholesterol is over 200 and I’ll probably need a statin someday.

When I take HRT it makes me feel fantastic. I sleep well, I reversed my osteopenia (I also started lifting), my mood is good, I have energy and no brain fog and no hot flashes. I like to feel fantastic, don’t you? Isn’t that the whole point?

Did you know that trans women are freely prescribed *multiples* of the tiny HRT doses that doctors grudgingly, with warnings, prescribe to us? A standard dose for a trans woman is 4-8 mg of (oral) estradiol per day, or the patch (2-4 x 0.1 patches). I’m in surgical menopause and had to really advocate for more than 2mg per day for myself.

We already medicalize menopause by prescribing women SSRIs, sleep meds and supplements, osteoporosis drugs, etc. And yet doctors largely continue to be unwilling to prescribe the one hormone that our bodies make and that resolves so many of the health problems that women encounter in menopause.
I’m mad and you should be, too.[/quote]

Cholesterol is OVER 200?!!! You are puttinf yourself at a huge risk for heart attack, stroke, diabetes. I'm more mad your Dr has not put you on a serious diet and exercise regime, and cut outbthe HRT until you lose weight and lower your cholesterol. YIKES.
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