When I turned up at gino, aged 45, complaining of excessive sweating, like never before, he said: look, you could go on HRT that should help but it's fairy new so allbis an experiment, really but one thing for sure about it is that it protects against Osteoporosis.
Well, my Grandma spent last five years of her life in bed because her bones were so broken so I said yes.
Fast forward, years of unexpected mental jazz, sweats, insomnia, you name it.. but bloods fine, pressure fine, no failures of any organs...no breast cancer!
Came to 63, gino calls and say doses must be decreased.. Well fine, I said, thinking she knows what she's doing...
5 years later, back pain, followe by XR, and sudden outcry: OSTEOPOROSIS!
How come, I ask. I am on HRT!
Oh, HRT does not protect against, he said...
So DXA scan next, and it turned out -1.8 Osteopenia, plus degeneration of lumbar section with rings slipping off each other...now 6 years aftervthat decrease of HRT...
I am sure, by now, all here are sick and tired to read about.
Well I am pissed!
It, HRT, either protects you or not!
Can, medical profession make their minds up, please!!
It's only ONE IN TWO women who develop Osteoporosis after Menopause... and 1 in 5 men!
...so, now you know why it's not such a big deal to anyone...yet!?
DXA scan next