Please please please write the book for us women over 60 who feel like we have needlessly lost years of our life/ quality of our life. There is a lot of information out there for perimenopausal women, but for those of us who are postmenopausal and trying to catch up, it would be great if there was information just for us. I am so glad that younger women don’t have to go through what I went through but it makes me angry seeing what I missed
Same for me! I am 62 and 15 years post menopausal and finally got into a menopause specialist and she said no to HRT.. I have no contraindications…. I want more studies for US to see if we can start now…. 🙁
Where were you when I went in peri menopause in my early 20's. It was horrible. At 26 I was pregnant but told it was a tumor. US at 24 weeks showed healthy baby in labor at 27 weeks delivered at 36 weeks. No hormones because I was cured!!!!! Wrong answer. Now they keep wanting to remove the estrogen. It does not work. I will use it forever. So happy I have found you.
You addressed SO many key items in this video. So many items that talked directly to my wife's key fears. Plus, all the info about the types of options was fabulous!!!
Just listening to two doctors talk like this is SOOOO helpful!!!
BTW: My wife went 11 months and 2 weeks and experienced vaginal bleeding. She was, to say it calmly, FURIOUS (and very upset simultaneously).
One last item: The reality of the research for this "treatment", coming in late to the game compared to men and other ailments, is true. But, the average life expectancy of a woman in 1920 was only 48. Now, it's 81. So, in all fairness to the medical/science community, it's not been missing for centuries (as Dr. Haver said), but rather, it's not been given a fair amount of research compared to other areas over the last 50 years now that women are living to 81. Since women were dying so young, there was not much evidence and we didn't have the psychology dialed in as well, so the problem persisted because of a lack of belief, which obviously was wrong, but it happened. Plus, women's bodies do have the most sophisticated hormone system on the earth. We barely got the men's ED figured out by the late 80's. Yes, there should have been more research on women in that time as well. Not here to blame why there wasn't. Only here to characterize that the most significant deficit to advancing this research was the 2002 WHI media scare. If that had not happened, there would not be nearly the number of angry and pissed off women of today as there are (and they have every right to be pissed). It's very unfortunate that it unfolded as it did and it created a huge cohort of pain and suffering for many, many women. But as with anything in life, I hope there are those women that are grateful for the strides that have been made in treatment options compared to those women of the 1980's who had almost nothing except alcohol to rely on for relief. I feel this moment in time, these next couple of years, will be heralded as a huge step forward for women's health and providing women a much higher level of care/options/education for their systemic hormonal changes as we would treat any person's changes as they age (men or women). This is truly an exciting time in the world of women's health, and they absolutely deserve this attention since their living more than 30 years past 48 than they did in 1920.
This is a fabulous recording that I hope to send to all my friends - male and female.
The other area that needs to come up behind this is something that's been a problem with gender differences: educating the other gender. My wife knows pretty much nothing about the male sexual organs and she's 51. I even had to educate myself on them because, as I aged, I had no idea how everything really worked. So, I had to bring her up to speed on my body. I see all of women's health as a universal education opportunity. The men I know do want to provide support as their female partner goes through this journey. Creating educational material for the men is also crucial to help ease the burden of teaching from the woman. I realize this will probably be the lowest priority item, but I feel, may have a bigger impact on women getting real, credible information. Men like to fix AND, from my experience, they see the changes happening before the woman might acknowledge it. I know I saw changes in my wife and she vehemently denied it was a hormonal issue back 15/20 years ago. If men have more information they can help the women in their circles. My hair stylist complained about her hair falling out in large gobs. I asked her her age - 37. I told her not to discount peri menopause. She'd never heard of it and thought she was light years from menopause. Apparently, none of her female clients had the same advice! Our biggest hurdle at this point is going to be education as the research continues to increase.
Thank you for providing this webinar. It is outstanding in all the content!!!
I was on estradiol .05 pill and 200 mg progesterone for 3 years. Doctor switched me to .075 patch. I feel horrible. Pelvic discomfort and frequent urination. Is this a common occurrence when switching to a higher dose patch?
Yes, this is common. Estrogen stimulates the uterine lining so the most likely cause of the pelvic discomfort is the increase in estrogen dosing. I suggest talking w your doctor about pelvic imaging (sonogram) and perhaps reducing the dose of E back to where you were. Of course this is not a substitute for tailored advice from your doc, but I hope that helps!.
Thank you Dr. McBride. I did have a vaginal ultrasound and she said everything looked fine (uterus and lining) and no changes since my last appointment. I do have fibroids and she did mention they have slightly grown 🤷♀️ I have asked to decrease the patch back to .05 dose which I have been on for a couple weeks. Praying I feel better with this change.
Hi both. Thank you so much. Can we get a link for the study Dr. Haver references around optimal estrogen levels for bone health? (Preservation and increasing density)? Many thanks!
Please please please write the book for us women over 60 who feel like we have needlessly lost years of our life/ quality of our life. There is a lot of information out there for perimenopausal women, but for those of us who are postmenopausal and trying to catch up, it would be great if there was information just for us. I am so glad that younger women don’t have to go through what I went through but it makes me angry seeing what I missed
I am right there with you!!! Need an End Game guys 🤓
Same for me! I am 62 and 15 years post menopausal and finally got into a menopause specialist and she said no to HRT.. I have no contraindications…. I want more studies for US to see if we can start now…. 🙁
Thank you for joining me!!
I suffer so much pain for years and found out endometriosis at 65
I am seeing a new OBGYN doctor
Hopefully can get the help needed
I have saved your notes to show her
Thank you
Where were you when I went in peri menopause in my early 20's. It was horrible. At 26 I was pregnant but told it was a tumor. US at 24 weeks showed healthy baby in labor at 27 weeks delivered at 36 weeks. No hormones because I was cured!!!!! Wrong answer. Now they keep wanting to remove the estrogen. It does not work. I will use it forever. So happy I have found you.
I loved this webinar/recording!!!
You addressed SO many key items in this video. So many items that talked directly to my wife's key fears. Plus, all the info about the types of options was fabulous!!!
Just listening to two doctors talk like this is SOOOO helpful!!!
BTW: My wife went 11 months and 2 weeks and experienced vaginal bleeding. She was, to say it calmly, FURIOUS (and very upset simultaneously).
One last item: The reality of the research for this "treatment", coming in late to the game compared to men and other ailments, is true. But, the average life expectancy of a woman in 1920 was only 48. Now, it's 81. So, in all fairness to the medical/science community, it's not been missing for centuries (as Dr. Haver said), but rather, it's not been given a fair amount of research compared to other areas over the last 50 years now that women are living to 81. Since women were dying so young, there was not much evidence and we didn't have the psychology dialed in as well, so the problem persisted because of a lack of belief, which obviously was wrong, but it happened. Plus, women's bodies do have the most sophisticated hormone system on the earth. We barely got the men's ED figured out by the late 80's. Yes, there should have been more research on women in that time as well. Not here to blame why there wasn't. Only here to characterize that the most significant deficit to advancing this research was the 2002 WHI media scare. If that had not happened, there would not be nearly the number of angry and pissed off women of today as there are (and they have every right to be pissed). It's very unfortunate that it unfolded as it did and it created a huge cohort of pain and suffering for many, many women. But as with anything in life, I hope there are those women that are grateful for the strides that have been made in treatment options compared to those women of the 1980's who had almost nothing except alcohol to rely on for relief. I feel this moment in time, these next couple of years, will be heralded as a huge step forward for women's health and providing women a much higher level of care/options/education for their systemic hormonal changes as we would treat any person's changes as they age (men or women). This is truly an exciting time in the world of women's health, and they absolutely deserve this attention since their living more than 30 years past 48 than they did in 1920.
This is a fabulous recording that I hope to send to all my friends - male and female.
The other area that needs to come up behind this is something that's been a problem with gender differences: educating the other gender. My wife knows pretty much nothing about the male sexual organs and she's 51. I even had to educate myself on them because, as I aged, I had no idea how everything really worked. So, I had to bring her up to speed on my body. I see all of women's health as a universal education opportunity. The men I know do want to provide support as their female partner goes through this journey. Creating educational material for the men is also crucial to help ease the burden of teaching from the woman. I realize this will probably be the lowest priority item, but I feel, may have a bigger impact on women getting real, credible information. Men like to fix AND, from my experience, they see the changes happening before the woman might acknowledge it. I know I saw changes in my wife and she vehemently denied it was a hormonal issue back 15/20 years ago. If men have more information they can help the women in their circles. My hair stylist complained about her hair falling out in large gobs. I asked her her age - 37. I told her not to discount peri menopause. She'd never heard of it and thought she was light years from menopause. Apparently, none of her female clients had the same advice! Our biggest hurdle at this point is going to be education as the research continues to increase.
Thank you for providing this webinar. It is outstanding in all the content!!!
I was on estradiol .05 pill and 200 mg progesterone for 3 years. Doctor switched me to .075 patch. I feel horrible. Pelvic discomfort and frequent urination. Is this a common occurrence when switching to a higher dose patch?
Yes, this is common. Estrogen stimulates the uterine lining so the most likely cause of the pelvic discomfort is the increase in estrogen dosing. I suggest talking w your doctor about pelvic imaging (sonogram) and perhaps reducing the dose of E back to where you were. Of course this is not a substitute for tailored advice from your doc, but I hope that helps!.
Thank you Dr. McBride. I did have a vaginal ultrasound and she said everything looked fine (uterus and lining) and no changes since my last appointment. I do have fibroids and she did mention they have slightly grown 🤷♀️ I have asked to decrease the patch back to .05 dose which I have been on for a couple weeks. Praying I feel better with this change.
Try lowering your progesterone to 100mg instead of 200mg. I am on the .075 patch and my MSCP doctor told me only 100mg is needed of progesterone.
Great presentation doctors!
Hi both. Thank you so much. Can we get a link for the study Dr. Haver references around optimal estrogen levels for bone health? (Preservation and increasing density)? Many thanks!
Thank you so much Karen. I will definitely try that. Have you heard of these symptoms as I described the pelvic discomfort?