Re: Men-o-pause

Saddlebum wrote:
>
> "Chris Buckley" <cnbuckley@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > even she
> > has realized that her brain ain't thinking like her normally crazy self.
>
> Gawdamnit that's funny!
>
> I shouldn't pry, but that comment you made about her selling your truck
> since she figured that you had gone on to the Pearly Gates was a joke right?
> I'm a little slow sometimes.
>
> FWIW, my wife went on the HRT and it definitely made her feel better. I
> guess there is some increased risk of cancer, although it is small. She
> figured that since she couldn't sleep and was crabby as hell that those
> things probably increased her risk of cancer too, so perhaps there was some
> risk offset. After a while on the HRT, she dropped it, and seems to be able
> to manage now without it. Perhaps useful as a transition? I dunno, I'm
> strictly an amateur gynecologist. At your cervix, M'am.

I was on BC for a long time, and then switched to HRT. After maybe 5 years I
stopped that and for the next 5 years I had hot flashes. Damn stuff just
postpones the inevitable. I guess I was lucky that that was the only symptom
(well, except the the weight gain, of course) and it was pretty light in
comparison to other women I've known.

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Cheers,
Bev
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"...so she told me it was either her or the ham radio, over."
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