I have been banded for 3 years and now need to take Hormone Replacement. I have a prescription for a while but been unsure if I want to fill or not. My husband wants me to lol, I am fixing to be 52.

It is for estradiol - norethindrone anyone taking it of something like it?

Help me I do not know what to do. Did you take it? Like it, hate it? Gain weight? lose weight?

cheri

Cheri,

I can't give you medical advice or make up your mind for you, but I'll tell you that I took HRT for about 8 years. I don't think it affected my weight, and it did relieve the menopause symptoms. I stopped taking it because of the cancer risk, and thankfully didn't have any symptom rebound from that.

I have an acquaintance who takes something called bioidentical hormones that don't pose the cancer risk. She gets them from a local compounding pharmacy and her insurance doesn't cover it, but she says they're helping her symptoms.

Jean