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wackadoo wabbit

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14. It sounds as if you were using birth control pills in the beginning

Reply to leftieNanner (Reply #2)

Sat May 20, 2023, 10:46 PM

May 2023

There's your problem. They're made with non-bioidentical hormones. I'm pretty much 100% sure that your compounded HRT is bioidentical.

What an absolutely horrible experience you had in the beginning, though! That actually sounds like medical malpractice. I'm so sorry that you had to go through it!

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Any ladies here on hormone replacement therapy who can [View all] GPV May 2023 OP

HRT rso May 2023 #1

Thanks. I definitely plan to keep up with medical appointments. Glad your wife is doing well. :) GPV May 2023 #6

I had a complicated experience leftieNanner May 2023 #2

Wow! Good thing you got that second opinion! Thanks for sharing your story. GPV May 2023 #7

It sounds as if you were using birth control pills in the beginning wackadoo wabbit May 2023 #14

If you're including levothyroxine in your hrt I can share my experience. in2herbs May 2023 #3

Very insightful, thank you. Selenium didn't come up, but calcium did. GPV May 2023 #8

I took estrogen and progesterone MOMFUDSKI May 2023 #4

I should have asked the doc, but do cycled resume on her? I'd be on estrogen and progesterone, but GPV May 2023 #9

Hormonal cream for me is the best. Has to be compounded from a pharmacy FloridaBlues May 2023 #5

That sounds good, thanks. :) GPV May 2023 #10

I was on it for 4 years after a complete hysterectomy in the 1990s Joinfortmill May 2023 #11

Glad it worked out! GPV May 2023 #12

I've been using it pretty much nonstop since menopause wackadoo wabbit May 2023 #13