WOMENS-HEALTH Messages for March, 2002: Re: Question about hormone replacement

Re: Question about hormone replacement

From: Ann (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Tue, 5 Mar 2002 16:31:41 -0600 (CST)

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At Tue, 5 Mar 2002, Robin wrote: >Thanks for the info everyone! I did not have endometriosis, my path just came back as adenomyosis. Yes, I could not tolerate the either the b/c pills or the progestins alone. I continued to bleed and had horrible side effects.
Thanks again. It is something that I will look into further.

--
Ann
>At Tue, 5 Mar 2002, BJ wrote:
>>
>>At Mon,  4 Mar 2002, Ann wrote:
>>>I absolutely do not agree with Dr. Wang on this!  You do need progesterone, >hyst or not, to balance your estrogen.  This is why so many women have a >return of their endometriosis after a hyst, because doctors put them on >estrogen (which they don't need) and don't give them NATURAL progesterone. >Progesterone is a major contributing factor in heart health, bone density, and >prevention of breast cancer, to name a few.  The synthetic progestins
>>(Provera, etc.) do not work the same and often cause the problems that real >progesterone corrects.  Check out http://www.natural-progesterone-advisory->network.com and http://www.johnleemd.com.
>
>One more thing I wanted to mention.....
>
>Progesterone does not really help keep our bones dense.  That is why
>when one takes Lupron and don't use addback, they loose bone density.
>Lupron depletes the estrogen in our body.  Estrogen is vital in bone
>health.
>
>>>Hello:
>>>
>>>I had posted prior about having a hysterectomy for excessive bleeding
>>>that wasn't controlled by any other method..through all the tests I had
>>>done prior to the hysterectomy all they could find was that I wasn't
>>>producing progesterone in the second half of my cycle.
>>>
>>>Since I kept both ovaries, is there anything I need to do about the fact
>>>that I still won't be producing progesterone? Does your body
>>>automatically at some point start producing it again? Is there a concern
>>>with the estrogen if you don't have the progesterone to balance it?
>>>
>>>Thanks for any input on this..this is just something I wanted
>>>clarification on, I will ask my dr about it too.
>>>
>>>Thanks
>
>--
>I am not a Medical Professional.  Please consult your own MD for information and treatment.
>

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