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Letters.
I am so glad to have discovered your newsletter. You address so many of the issues that concern me and if nothing else, I feel a little better knowing that so many other women encounter the same questions and problems that I do. Answers are hard to come by. State-of-mind just doesn't make it easier as some attempt to claim. I was absolutely positive that I would breeze through menopause with no symptoms just because I had such a positive attitude. No such luck!
I'm 55 and have been using Premarin, Provera, and natural testosterone for six years now with reasonably good results (nothing is like it was) but I'm worried about the chances for breast cancer since I've already had two lumpectomies for microcalc.
However, I'm afraid to stop using these hormones for fear of feeling like I did before I was able to start them. (I'm on the medical plan at Mass. Inst. of Technology and the policy there is to wait to start Premarin until six months after a natural period has occurred without the help of Provera.) I met and spoke briefly with Dr. Susan Love and she told me to ease off them gradually and I'd be fine. Somehow I don't believe that will be the case.
C.L. Winchester, Mass.
I agree with Dr. Love that you will probably be fine if you ease off the hormones. But be sure to taper off slowly--over a Jew months. If you stop abruptly it will be like going into menopause with a sudden drop in estrogen.
I am 42 and started having hot flashes three years ago. They only occur for a few months during the year. This year they started the end of May and I expect they will last a couple of months if history repeats itself. I can see as the years go by that I am experiencing more and more symptoms. This year with the hot flashes I am extremely irritable and quick-tempered. I hate this; I cannot control my temper and feel embarrassed after a rage which sometimes only lasts seconds. I am glad to read that I am not going crazy and that some day this will all end and I will enjoy my golden years.
S.R. Ocoee, Fla.
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