Archive for April 20, 2009
HRT AND PREVIOUS BREAST CANCER
Women with a previous breast cancer are usually advised against having HRT, although there are exceptions. Occasionally a woman whose breast cancer has been successfully treated, or who is having palliative care for breast cancer, may have such crippling menopausal symptoms that she decides to go onto HRT to get some relief. Linda, for example, [...]
HORMONE COMBINATIONS AND SINGLE-DRUG FORMATS: OESTROGEN ALONE
With one exception, oestrogen on its own in any form is considered safe only if you no longer have a uterus. Since about 30 per cent of Australian women have had a hysterectomy by the age of sixty-five, the number of potential users of this relatively straightforward form of HRT is large. The exception is [...]
THE MENOPAUSE – CHANGE AND CHALLENGE: MARGARET’S STORY
It was a typical sort of day for Margaret: travelling, making speeches, needing to keep focused, forever in the public eye. She was speaking confidently, in full flow, when suddenly the words stopped. Her mind went blank — as if her brain had seized up or disengaged from everything around about. ‘It was like my [...]
FOOD INTOLERANCE: MAGGIE’S STORY
Like many mothers with young children, Maggie found it difficult to make time for a proper breakfast or lunch. She made up for this by eating a large evening meal with her husband, after which she usually suffered indigestion. By sucking indigestion tablets she could settle her stomach in time for bed, but then the [...]
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