First of all, I am SO pleased to have found this site and am looking forward to receiving (and hopefully at times also offering) advice from all he lovely people on here.
I have to say though, that after a couple of days of trawling through various topics and posts, it dismays (and alarms) me! to see how
many women meekly '
accept' it when their GP:-
Tells them they '' Can't have HRT''
Also:- I have read lots of posts where women recount how their GP has ''
Told me I musn't take it
any longer.......''
What the heck''?
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Why are we, as women, so
accepting of what is told us? Why is nobody challenging their GP, when they are told this utter tosh?
When did we become such pushovers?
Is it because we think that GPs 'know it all''? They don't!!!
We are probably better informed than they are when it comes to the Menopause!
NEW Guidelines suggest that: - If the woman is otherwise healthy and she is prepared to take the 'risk', and if her quality of life is VASTLY improved by taking HRT, then the GP has NO RIGHT to refuse it!
Also, there is no reason why she can't take it for as long as she wants (once again, HER choice).
The GP should give guidance, but at the end of the day, it should be up to the woman to make an informed
choice.It shouldn't be about them: '
TELLING US WHAT TO DO'
Come on:- Ladies who want (and want to
stay on) HRT, Lets stand up for ourselves a bit more!!! I know its not easy - some of these GP's are downright bossy and pig-ignorant, (although I have a good one at the moment - they
do exist but are few and far between) when it comes to women's health -As far as they are concerned, we are getting old and should just 'accept it as being natural'
Well I say B....IT
We have to try a bit harder!
Already, a whole generation of women have had to suffer a poor quality of life because of mis-guided
Scaremongering -when it comes to HRT.
If we don't start being a bit more pushy about what we
do and
do not want, then even
more women will suffer.
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I have friends in the States (and some in Australia), and when
they want HRT - they GET HRT!
They don't have to
jump through burning hoops like we do, to get it (
and stay on it for a
decent length of time)!
In fact, one of the ladies in the States, on HRT, is in her 70's and as fit as a fiddle.
It makes me mad that the care that middle-aged women in this country are currently receiving is on a par with a third world country!
(hope GP'S come on these boards, to see what the current thinking is - but I wouldn't hold my breath)
Sorry for the rant, but it makes me so mad that medication has been invented to help us through the misery of menopause, and
many times it is being
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- It's downright Wicked - not to mention Cruel.
Rant over.
Thanks for listening.