HRT 2 week check in
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I hate Walmart but that’s where I ended up due to reasons, and they didn’t seem to have any on the shelf and the line at the pharmacy was about 7 people long, so I ended up ordering it from Amazon. It should get here Sunday. In the meantime I got it off with Vitamin E oil, but I did have to rub a little and it wasn’t great.
That’s a really good point there at the end. Rather than having employers making accommodation for people dealing with the symptoms of menopause, be sure that the company health insurance has good coverage and resources for it and make an effort to put the information out into the employee population so they can use the benefit. People in menopause most likely don’t want to “out” themselves for fear of repercussions.
Patched up finally!!
My HRT appointment
My HRT appointment - Lemmy.world
I’m kind of happy to say I don’t have much to share. It went well. As I mentioned in one of the comments on my previous thread, I knew the gyno would be willing to prescribe HRT because she told me so at our appointment in September. She just wanted me to try Remifemin first. But she mentioned in our appointment yesterday that Remifemin is really only for hot flashes and that was the mildest of my symptoms. So that was a waste of 10 months. But basically I walked in with a list of all my symptoms and then started making apologies about how I didn’t know if they were really all that bad after all and maybe I’m making something out of nothing and maybe I just need to see a shrink instead, but she calmed me down and let me know everything on my list was pretty common. And she praised the results she’s gotten with HRT for her patients, and she told me to give it a month, maybe 2, and see if I don’t feel a whole lot better after that. In short, she validated me and supported me and made me laugh, and most of all she gave me hope that I can feel better. I did tell her I made the mistake of googling the side effects of HRT and found that list kind of matched up with the symptoms I was already having! And she assured me that in most cases the side effects, if you get them at all, tend to fade after the first couple of months. Like, I’m going on this shit to help me stop flying off the handle at little things and crying that the world is ending, not to make it worse. She prescribed me the dual estrogen/progesterone patch which we aren’t sure if my insurance will cover. I called CVS this morning and the robot told me that it would be ready by midday Friday. I don’t know if that’s because they have to order it in, or because they’re arguing with my insurance. I may end up with some other delivery system. I just hope they sort it out quickly so I can get this show on the road. Having a light at the end of the tunnel has already improved my outlook dramatically. Anyway that’s the story, thanks for listening!
Thanks, I sure will!!!
Thank you!!!
She definitely will. At my appointment last fall she suggested I try an OTC supplement and call her back if I decide I want to go with HRT. So I feel certain she’s going to give me a scrip today. I’m not sure exactly what, I guess estrogen and progestin since I still have my uterus. But it’ll be an interesting experience I’m sure!
Today's the day: HRT appt
Today's the day: HRT appt - Lemmy.world
Today is the day I ask my GYN to get me started on HRT. These are the symptoms I’m going to tell her about: Anxiety, irritability, hot flashes, joint and tendon aches, tinnitus, brain fog, exhaustion, migraines, increased belly fat As I’ve said in other posts, I don’t expect HRT to make all those things disappear. I’m hoping that it will give me the increased energy and mood to be able to handle them better. I’m also hoping it will have some protective effect against Alzheimers which my father has (I know this effect is still being studied) and bone loss which my mother has. Please wish me luck and no side effects.
It was an interesting listen but seemed like mostly things we’ve already talked about extensively here. But if it reaches an audience that doesn’t have the background we have, then I’m glad. I have my HRT appointment tomorrow and it helped me remember some of the minor symptoms I want to include when I discuss with my GYN.