My GP, not my regular GP, phoned me up yesterday, regarding my HRT as I need some new patches.
Fair do's to her, I had forgotten to attend my appointment, so she rang me, which I was pleased about, but she asked me how long I wanted to stay on HRT for and I told her I would like to stay on it for life.
My reason is that lack of oestrogen causes me to have un-manageable anxiety and depression, very bad IBS, massive weight gain, and puts me at risk of osteoporosis)
I said that my life was just not worth living without HRT.
She said, that this was not possible.
She said women go through menopause naturally, when they come off HRT, (bullsh!t)
I said I had no quality of life without HRT but she said that although she did not want to make my life bad, she said it is too risky and went on to describe cancer.
Call me morbid, but I would rather have my life cut short by cancer than live with depression.
I would even consider taking my own life early, so as not to have to go through old age etc. I also have non meno anxiety and depression and a lot of crap in my life, some self-caused and some insoluble practical and personal problems, so, menopause induced anxiety and depression, on top of this, would lead me to the decision to bring my life to an early end before any real shit sets in)
(not suicidal at the moment by the way:) ) but, if I had no HRT, I would euthanise myself for deffo.
Anyway, I respectfully asked her, "As it's my own body, would I not be able to make a choice to run that risk of cancer and stay on HRT?" and she firmly said "no"
She said that when I turn 50, they will be sending for me to review my HRT, due to me starting perimenopause at 42, which she said was quite early.
This is just a rant really, and I hope that Dr Currie is still on hand so that she can help me, at the time, because it was her that helped me get HRT in the first place as the GP's were funny due to me being a migraine sufferer (non headache migraine with aura)
Anyway, I cannot believe that professional knowledgeable GP's are still basing their knowledge on that sh!te study of 2002, from WHI.