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Originally Posted by AussieDebbie
Holy cow! You have no idea how much you may have just changed my life.
I am peri-menopausal, and questioned the pain in my feet when it started, but was told by my GP that menopause doesn't cause neuropathy. So I let that idea go.
My mother has bothered me for ages to go on HRT but I've rejected the idea, rather not risking blood clots, etc. However, if my problems are a direct result of hormones, then I'd rather take the risk and balance my body. Hopefully the neuropathy can be eased.
Karen, what you say makes so much sense to me. My blood tests showed I wasn't diabetic either. I was in the normal range, but the higher end of normal. As a result I've started to use Agava instead of sugar, in an effort to avoid sugar spikes.
Do you guys think the hormone cream is enough, or should I speak with my Doctor about getting on HRT proper?
I know it's a risk, but if it gets rid of this horrible painful condition, then I'm willing to take the risk. Heck, I don't want to live this way anyway!
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If you're still cycling, then you could just use the over the counter and read Dr. Lee's book; you can get a copy for a penny from amazon, used
What Your Doctor May Not Tell You About Menopause (TM): The Breakthrough Book on Natural Hormone Balance (Mass Market Paperback)
OR
What Your Doctor May Not Tell You About Peri-Menopause (TM): The Breakthrough Book on Natural Hormone Balance (Mass Market Paperback)
There is a chapter in there that explains how to use the cream. Plus, if you order the cream online, there are directions with it too.
You can talk to your doctor but remember, two docs told me that PN is not caused, no proof, by hormonal changes. Two did and one is a specialist that charges 300 dollars an hour and doesn't even have to bother with insurance, who has doctors as clients. Gynocologists, even.
Some docs believe bioidentical is safer, some don't. The doc that wrote me out my last bioidentical hormone replacement prescription did so but also told me her personal belief was that it wasn't any safer. BUT BUT BUT - Very Big But.... I was thinking my life was over, I was picturing myself walking around Walmart with one foot in a slipper cause I couldn't bear to get it in a shoe... I was thinking Walmart was awfully big and hard to walk around in, only weeks before cycling each day that there was not a monsoon or the weather dropped below 20 degrees, other than that I biked in ski gear if I had too. I was wondering how long it was going to be before I wimped out and started conteplating suicide (due to chronic pain). When you add all of THAT crapola in... then all of a sudden risk of this and risk of that don't look so bad.
Plus the idea is that you use the very least you can get by with and ease symptoms. In addition to this, I told you about the Diatomaceous Earth which I have noticed in addition to all of the wonders I have told you about, has allowed me to cut back on my levels of hormone replacement therapy bioidentical creams yet still have full relief of symptoms.
And yes, I'm here to give you life changing news cause I owe it to you because this place gave me my life back and gave me a manageable situation whereas no DOCTOR did; the neurologists I saw. From here I sought out more and I'm doing my duty to come back here and help you all. I'm telling you there is hope. Even if not what I say, someone else has found something. This is espeically true if all that you have is not working or you are just getting worse and worse.
Thanks for listening, you'll get better, thanks for your reply, Karen