I am an 86 year old woman. I have been on HRT since menopaus...

04.13.2021

Michigan Byron Center MI

“I am an 86 year old woman. I have been on HRT since menopaus...”

I am an 86 year old woman. I have been on HRT since menopause and on compounded hormones for the last 16 years since we moved and I needed a new doctor, who recommended the compounded hormones. I am doing very well for my age and am in better health than most of my peers. I like to credit quite a bit of that to my hormones. In spite of the fact that I've had an irregular heart (atrial fibrillation) for most of my life, it's not worsening with age - in fact it's better. I also have been pain free for many years. My bones seem to be pretty strong. I had some small falls over the years and a major one, but broke no bones. Sexually, I'm about where I was at 45 years old. Generally for my age I'm in good health. So I'm disappointed to hear that discontinuing compounded hormones is being considered. It seems to me that doctors are well enough trained to recognize when to, and when not to, use the various kinds of hormones. They do not give a heart pill to someone who has a bladder problem. So please for the sake of some cases, for which the compounded hormones should not be used, do not prohibit it from being used in cases where it is ideal.

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