That is what my OB GYN told me at 67. I’m 71 and I still get hot flashes. I just wanted to be normal.

It wouldn’t have happened.

Where to get cream

I agree with U & this doctor. So many problems I now have R due to NOT being on HRT because doctors refused to give them to me & scared me into fearing I would die taking them. Well guess what I am dying faster NOT taking hormones. I have bone loss, bladder problems, eye problems, serious sleep disorders, brain fog & pain everywhere. I believe it is all due to loss of my hormones & not replacing them. I also have carotid artery plaque, pre-diabetes & of course 55 lbs of weight gain which makes walking very painful all the time.. I also broke my back & had 1 hip replaced so it is all down hill for me to date. I wish I had found someone to put me on a safe HRT yrs ago. I have been taking Wild Yam, DHEA & Pregnenolone & some other supplements, but they didn't stop all the problems I now have. I fear because of the plaque I can't do the hormones. I am thinking maybe if I get the plaque removed I could go on hormones. It is a serious dangerous surgery I know, but without removing all that plaque I might not B able to go on any HRT. I could kick myself for not going on them against all the doctors I asked for it. It was also a money problem, rather a vast lack of money which prevented me from seeking HRT elsewhere. Now I wan to get HRT at all costs & will find the funds to do it if I can do it safely. It will most likely not B covered by my insurance, but I have to try something or it surely is a terrible slow degenerative death for me. I want to remain active & keep up with my mind & love of the arts. I still believe it or not look maybe 25 yrs. younger than my real age. Don't understand it, but glad & sad. Why U might ask? Because I look so good & feel so badly. People can't see all my health problems. I also have COPD, WMD & DMD ( eyes). I don't sleep well at all! I hate not getting 9 hrs. of quality sleep. I sleep maybe 3 hrs or 2 then have to get up to pee. Then back to bed in mucho pain & sleep maybe a few more hours & up again to pee. It goes on like that every night sometimes 4 times a night. Why? Because I am over weight & should B drinking 10 glass of water a day. I can barely do 8 glasses & usually 6 and still I must get up all night long to use the bathroom. I didn't even mention lass of my sex drive. Gone! And with the extra weight & low oxygen at night I am going on oxygen for sleep. I will have a ;long hose to my nose which I fear I will trip on going to the bathroom. 2, 3 4 times a night!! Then a fall & broken hip, or maybe ruin my new replaced hip parts! Who knows. It's crazy dangerous & damn depressing I don't have charge of my own body. And don't get me started with taking away the right for an abortion if a woman wants it!! I couldn't have one after I was raped, yes raped by my boyfriend's friend! Was told I was bill to have a baby. Guess what?? I couldn't deliver. The baby was head under my breast not down, so I was forced to have a C section. I was cut from my belly button straight down, No Bikini Cut! The doctor was a prick, pardon my slang. He even suggested I have my tubes tied so I wouldn't get pregnant again. I told him , R U crazy? I was raped!! I am being forced to have this baby. I will keep my baby especially after a horrific operation like a C Section. I was in the hospital 4 2 weeks. Was not given my baby at all for days. I was screaming where's my baby?? Where is my baby? I want my baby!! They turned a blind eye to my scrams.. On top of all that I got a violent reaction to the SULFERT drugs they were giving me! I almost died because they would give me anything for my aniflactic reaction to the drugs with out my doctor's permission & they couldn't find my doctor for some reason!1 I couldn't breathe!! They didn't seem to care. I did have a beauty baby. Was told she was the most beautiful baby in the nursery. I went & saw for myself. She was the most beautiful baby of them all. There were about 30ty babies there. I have a photo someone took of her at 17 hours old! Wow a perfect baby from a horrible event. Couldn't win in court with no DNA back then. Now it doesn't matter. I know where that prick is & all I would need is something he drank out of to do the DNA test, but he is in a city far from me. Now with all my health problems I can't go thereabout if I get in better shape with HRT I will go get his DNA. I will prove he raped me & is the father! He is a big shot in his city now. A doctor of phycology believe it or not. He has met my daughter. I told her where he was & she made an apt. to see him. She told he she told him she was his daughter. He was needless to say in deep shock! He admitted to her he was her father. Told her he tried to get me not to go for an abortion. What?? All he ver did was pay for my 1st. doctors visit with a check. I wish I had a copy of that check. I could prove he knew me. He had a fancy lawyer in court. He never went to court. The lawyer said he couldn't B the father of my baby because HE DIDN"T EVEN KNOW ME!!! WHAT?? He was friends of my boyfriend. He met me & knew me,biut back in the day without DNA & the JUDGE joy on the line. Mafa. The bailiff happened to B a friend of mine. Weird but true. He told me the JUDGE WOULD HAVE TO GO IN FAVOR OF THE MAN IN THIS CASE OR LOSE HIS JOB! So yea I lost. It was my word against his lawyer's word. NO DNA back then! DNA changed so much now.. If I ever get the energy to go to the town that guy is living in. I will get his DNA & maybe make him pay somehow if I can even after so many many yrs.. Way past the statute of limitations for sure, but the principal is what matters to me. I just need him to admit he raped me & is my daughter's father just to hear that other shoe fall once & for all. I think I need that to happen so I can close the book on it finally. For now it is still an open wound & a thorn in my side.. Others don't understand why I won't let it go, but if they could understand how it is an unfinished story.. Well I can't let it go.. All stories do have an ending at some point.. At least that chapter is closed. I need that for my inner peace of mind.. So HRT if possible & I will B my old self again & can get back on my horse & ride like I use to!!

Don't ASK your doctor, TELL her what YOU WANT!!

Maybe you didn't tolerate the progesterone. I didn't but was told I can try the I U D progesterone with no side effects.

@@NquiringT There is no progesterone in the Mirena IUD, just the endocrine disruptor for Progesterone, levonorgestrel. The Mirena increases breast cancer risk, along with acne, mood swings, and osteoporosis. Many women that don't tolerate commercial oral bioidentical Progesterone can do fine with compounded Progesterone. Sometimes they are reacting to the excipients in the medication. Occasionally we have to use vaginal Progesterone instead.

This is exactly why I don't want to mess with BHRT -- I never had the horrible symptoms of menopause like night sweats or hot flashes so I wouldn't be taking it to calm those symptoms. Feel like our bodies are warning us to leave this alone.

@@theotherkangaroo That is why I took it for only a few years. I was very active my whole life, running thousands of miles training for marathons, doing karate, skiing, mountain biking, and hiking. Never smoked, didn't drink much alcohol or soda and ate lots of calcium and leafy green vegetables. A little on the thin side. Two months ago, I had a very minor fall skiing, and suffered a compression fracture in my spine, incredibly painful, had a DEXA scan and I have osteoporosis in both hips and spine. After a lifetime of trying to stay active and healthy! Turns out the one of THE most important things HRT does is keep your bones strong. I wish I could go back in time and have kept taking it all along. My mother took it for years after a hysterectomy, and she played tennis until she was 80, and is now 92, still going strong. Do not let your skeleton down, get a bone scan (DEXA) and make sure your bones are healthy!

You only need estradiol NOT progesterone .. not estrone that’s why . See what your free testosterone level is you may need testosterone cream .

Me too. First time here. Won’t be my last, for sure.

Get the book Estrogen Matters co authored by an oncologist Bioidentical estrogen and progesterone are breast protective.

Id be interested too

Dr. Gersh, please give more information for us post menopausal women. I feel like we need to know how to get on the wellbeing train. And enjoy the rest of our lives, feeling better. Thank you so much for your wisdom and knowledge.

I am 66, 11 yrs post. I've just started I'm on it a month. Never felt better.

She literally addressed your exact questions.

It may well help her

MD here: Micronized Progesterone is Bioidentical Progesterone, and as long as you don’t have reactions to any of the other ingredients, you’ll be getting the same thing as brand-name Prometrium. In the “old days“, some of the Bioidentical progesterone formulas contained things like peanut oil that some people reacted to. But they’re no longer doing that. So almost all of my patients, including my very sensitive patients, tend to do fine with Generic micronized Progesterone. There is also the option to get micronized progesterone made at a compounding pharmacy. This would be an option if for any reason, you did not tolerate Generic micronized progesterone.

@@KatToupsMD Thank you very much!

@@KatToupsMDdo you think I can use enough Crinone to replace the P- needs? ❤thank you so much MD!

@@Aki-wq6xh I wasn't familiar with Crinone, so I looked it up and asked and Gyn friend of mine. She said it is micronized Progesterone so it is a Bioidentical form. But she said she was never able to get it covered by insurance except for infertility and in vitro fertilization. She said in the past it was quite expensive, but she hasn't bothered to try in recent years since it was always denied for menopausal use.

No, she’s saying it’s absolutely ok to start late and in fact no harm.

I agree with you about the dosage. I didn’t feel good until my estradiol and testosterone were balanced. I switched from labial cream to estradiol patch and felt the difference in a week!

Everything has risks and benefits. Just don’t let a small risk scare you.