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Any natural, liver friendly treatments for use in Estrogen Replacement Therapy??
Hi there everybody. I just came from an appt. with my doctor. I have been on Estrogen replacement therapy and it's worked quite nicely. I'm 44, but I've had a complete hysterectomy. Whenever I go off the Estrogen for good, I'll be instantly menopausal (which I'm not looking forward to!!). The few times I've tried to stop, it makes me psychotic acting! Which I really don't need while I'm on treatment. My doctor gave me another script (against his better judgement) and made me sign a waiver. Because he says that it's not good for my liver. My question is, is there anything I can take, either prescription, or natural substance that will help with the mood swings, hot flashes, etc., etc. that go along with menopause? I've heard that a lot of the herbal things that other people take are not liver friendly. I'm also wondering if they'd be safe to take on treatment? I heard that black cohash is not liver friendly. Anyway, I'm thinking about stopping the estrogen in Jan., when it's not as hot outside. Any suggestions for me would be appreciated. BTW, most of the AD's that I've tried don't agree with my system either, so I really don't know what to do.
Susan
Susan
califia; I am appropriating the inner Peter Pan phrase!
"you have mande my inner Peter Pan jump for joy!"
Ina; cryo gone=virus gone, I am telling you, I think the November date might still be good for the big stop sign!
or maybe Christmas/Hanukkah/whatever holidays!
we'll get a group together and head for the west coast to party with cranberry juice! frozen crandaiquiris!
"you have mande my inner Peter Pan jump for joy!"
Ina; cryo gone=virus gone, I am telling you, I think the November date might still be good for the big stop sign!
or maybe Christmas/Hanukkah/whatever holidays!
we'll get a group together and head for the west coast to party with cranberry juice! frozen crandaiquiris!
CHEESE CAKE IT IS< NEW YORK STYLE ONLY!
let's dine at the Cheesecake Factory, ok, maybe I will bake one, maybe.
Ina, what name did cali call you? plum? Santa? Rosa? eh?
YOU BOTH are a riot! we should get a gig going with some of us doing hep c stand up comedy. that would be a sight! Hep night!
there was a girl here, Ganine, she did comedy in NYC, but have not heard from her in a while. Her monicker was girlwithepc or something like that.
anyway, Ina, without the blessed bx, we don't know for sure what the actual tissue looked like. did you read omyst or moey's thread about having the Fibrosure showing stage 3 and the biopsy putting her at the original stage one of three yrs ago? That is a big discrepancy.
I stand by the feeling that the end of the Yr is enough. I wish you would do a bio, though....don't smack me!!Stop!
let's dine at the Cheesecake Factory, ok, maybe I will bake one, maybe.
Ina, what name did cali call you? plum? Santa? Rosa? eh?
YOU BOTH are a riot! we should get a gig going with some of us doing hep c stand up comedy. that would be a sight! Hep night!
there was a girl here, Ganine, she did comedy in NYC, but have not heard from her in a while. Her monicker was girlwithepc or something like that.
anyway, Ina, without the blessed bx, we don't know for sure what the actual tissue looked like. did you read omyst or moey's thread about having the Fibrosure showing stage 3 and the biopsy putting her at the original stage one of three yrs ago? That is a big discrepancy.
I stand by the feeling that the end of the Yr is enough. I wish you would do a bio, though....don't smack me!!Stop!
Wonderful news, darlin', what an immense relief that must be. I lift a plump Santa Rosa plum in your direction...salud!
As for the thinning issue, I actually meant skin, not bone ... I hate to use the "a" word (atrophy) because it infuriates my inner Peter Pan. But this business of feeling like you're sitting in a nest of fire ants is just no fun. Talk about your basic libido killer....grrrrr.
As for the thinning issue, I actually meant skin, not bone ... I hate to use the "a" word (atrophy) because it infuriates my inner Peter Pan. But this business of feeling like you're sitting in a nest of fire ants is just no fun. Talk about your basic libido killer....grrrrr.
Hey, that's wonderful news about the cryo!!! I'm jumping for joy here in Ohio upon hearing that! If the drugs have scared away the cryo, you've got to believe that they're giving the virus a run for its money, too. You have every reason to be optimistic, Ina. I hope this good trend continues for you.
Take care,
Susan
Take care,
Susan
Some recent studies indicate that hrt merely delays menopause symptoms and when one quits the meds, the hot flashes, etc come rushing back. So one is merely delaying the hot flashes, etc, not sidestepping them or skipping them all together.
Having been virus free for over 3 yrs, so many things attributed to other causes were really hep c related. The RA, the depression, the fluid retention, the memory loss, the irratability and fatique--all hep c mis-read signs of hep c. Its a shame the mediacal establishment do not take women's health more seriously instead of telling us to grin and bear it and take another pill!!
On another note, a friend Jack Slater-who had a transplant w/o tx'ing 1st, had a set back and the hep c attacked his new liver and he is now back @ stage 3 in just 6 mos.
So we were both stage 4+-end stage-I tx'd and improved greatly-prob a 3 now and he didn't tx and transplanted and is back @ 3 also. something to think about.
Having been virus free for over 3 yrs, so many things attributed to other causes were really hep c related. The RA, the depression, the fluid retention, the memory loss, the irratability and fatique--all hep c mis-read signs of hep c. Its a shame the mediacal establishment do not take women's health more seriously instead of telling us to grin and bear it and take another pill!!
On another note, a friend Jack Slater-who had a transplant w/o tx'ing 1st, had a set back and the hep c attacked his new liver and he is now back @ stage 3 in just 6 mos.
So we were both stage 4+-end stage-I tx'd and improved greatly-prob a 3 now and he didn't tx and transplanted and is back @ 3 also. something to think about.
NS: So sorry to hear about your good friend Jack. I wonder if he opted not to treat? And would you mind posting the URL to his newspaper articles again?
The menopausal symptom I'm not hearing anything about here has to do with thinning tissue. I'll take hot flashes any day over this, believe me. The ring and additional Estrace work just up to a point, and on tx the whole syndrome is really intensified. Bigtime OUCH. Anybody have any bright ideas?
The menopausal symptom I'm not hearing anything about here has to do with thinning tissue. I'll take hot flashes any day over this, believe me. The ring and additional Estrace work just up to a point, and on tx the whole syndrome is really intensified. Bigtime OUCH. Anybody have any bright ideas?
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