Hi all, I have just been diagnosed and have to stop HRT, can anyone recommend an alternative?
Can't recommend an alternative but having been on an 18month roller coaster trying to get the right balance of hrt and then having to go cold turkey, I was bricking it!
4 months on and I've been pleasantly surprised that the symptoms that made me go for hrt (sore joints, sore muscles, crawling skin, phantom smelling smoke) have not returned
I've been allowed to continue taking magnesium, glucosamine/chondroitin & omega 3 to help with joint stiffness but expected things to be much worse.
Best of luck!
49, ER+, P+, HER2-, Stage1, Grade3 idc nst & high grade DCIS, lumpectomy/snb, 16x rt
I was diagnosed start of May, as soon as I found out it was hormone fed I just stopped taking my hrt. Had my surgery start of June and have been absolutely fine with none of the symptoms I went onto hrt for. Am now about to start hormone therapy for next 5 years and am so scared about the listed possible side effects, but hey, it’s gotta be done if it means it’s helping to keep any more squatters away x
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