Extensive History

06.23.2021

Colorado COLORADO SPRINGS

“Extensive History”

My mother died at 51 when I was only 21 so for the rest of my adult life, I had no reference point for my menstruation cycles, which became very heavy in my 30's. In my late 40's I had breast cancer which resulted in a full mastectomy. My bleeding also became nearly constant and I developed critical anemia. I then had a partial hysterectomy, but kept my ovaries.
My symptoms of menopause began in my 40's but without my uterus, it was hard to tell. 2 years ago the hot flashes, mood swings, lack of sleep became unbearable and was causing me to "feel" crazy. I couldn't concentrate on work, I gained weight for no reason and cried nearly all the time.
Once I was finally prescribed the compounded hormones, the hot flashes, which hit me 15-20 times daily, went to a very tolerable level and to only one or two a day, if that. I am back to being a fully functioning grown up.

I know women who have never had a hot flash. Most of my friends had mild and tolerable symptoms, but I did not.

The nonchalant one-size-fits-all approach to women's health in this country is one of it's biggest failings. Being able to get these hormones custom compounded for my situation is critical.

Hear their stories. Protect their own words. Protect their access to compounded medicines.

On this page, we can only touch on the data that demonstrates the importance of compounded medicines to the lives of millions of people in this country. While the decision to take this vital therapy from patients and physicians might be profitable for big pharmaceutical companies, it will be disastrous for the millions of patients that those same pharmaceutical companies cannot serve!

We encourage the appropriate committees in both the House and Senate to hold hearings on this critical issue.

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