WOMENS-HEALTH Messages for February, 1998: Re: Surgical Menopause and symptoms

Re: Surgical Menopause and symptoms

From: Harvey S. Marchbein, M.D. (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Wed, 25 Feb 1998 23:40:41 -0600 (CST)

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At Wed, 25 Feb 1998, Mary wrote: >
>I am 46. Last November I had a surgical menopause due to endometriosis,
>fibroids and my mothers history (uterine cancer). Previous to the
>hysterectomy I was having pre-menstrual symptom, sleeplessness, night
>sweats, crying spells. After the surgery I was put on Estraderm .05
>patch. I was fine for about 6 months and then I noticed that I was
>tired all the time, memory loss, trouble sleeping and crying again. I
>am wondering if this could be related to the patch?
>Am I not getting enough hormones?

Have your doctor get an ESTRADIOL level to determine how much estrogen you're absorbing.

>I also question taking hormones at all
>because now my mother was diagnosed with breast cancer (she's 80).

Post menopausal breast cancer is much less likely to be genetically connected than pre-menopausal breast cancer.

>Is
>there anything I can take instead of or in addition to the patch?

I'm getting to sound like a broken record, but testosterone added to estrogen like Estratest, can be helpful in many of these symtoms.

--
Harvey S. Marchbein, M.D. FACOG
OBGYN.net U.S. Representative, New York
Great Neck, New York
http://www.obgyn.net/states/bios/marchbein.htm
http://www.obgyn.net/women/advisors/harveym.htm

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