Hey post #menopause friends; have you done #HRT? Did your boobs hurt when you first started? I know it can be a side effect, but I didn't expect it to kick in within 48 hours, and as I tend to catastrophize if I stay in my own head, I thought I'd ask if other women experienced the same.
(For reference; radical hysterectomy, no ovaries present, .25 Estradiol weekly patch, first application yesterday AM)
@MissConstrue when did you have the hysterectomy?
I am not menopausal yet and only recently experienced boob soreness when I think my body produced more. estrogen.
Do you know about the menopause wiki? https://menopausewiki.ca
@artcollisions in the middle of the pandemic, nov 2020. Not a time I would have chosen to be in a hospital, I can tell you.
At the time, they didn’t offer hrt, because I’d had a dvt after asurgery in 1999. Subsequently a hematologist cleared me and said the surgery related blood clot 25 years ago wasn’t a problem, and the new patches are bio identical, so the risk is much lower for strokes and stuff.
I did not know about the wiki, thank you!
@artcollisions good to know, thank you!
Edit to add, it’s better today. Which is nice.
MissConstrue
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