When talking with my former GP about symptoms and how much my life had changed for the worse she always began her response with, "A woman your age......." and ended with, "Not much we can do for you." The best she could offer was birth control or synthetic hormone replacement, with terrible side effects and scary outcomes! Imagine how life-changing it was when I found the Happy Hormone Cottage which actually listened to me and offered extensive testing for hormone levels before prescribing the compounded hormone creams I have been using for almost 2 years now. I feel normal again, despite being a "woman my age"! I could not imagine a life without the compounded hormone creams and the physicians who prescribe them! Live savers!