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Started by Valerie Elizabeth, February 19, 2009, 09:57:00 AM

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Valerie Elizabeth

February 19, 2009, 09:57:00 AM
So, I've been reading through a lot of posts, and I've noticed that some people stop HRT and then start back up again.

If it isn't prying to much, I am curious why people stop, and then start back up.

Is it because you can't afford it, bad side effects, or other reasons?

"There comes a point in life when you realize everything you know about yourself, it's all just conditioning."  True Blood

"You suffer a lot more hiding something than if you face up to it."  True Blood
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Julie Marie

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February 19, 2009, 11:59:35 AM
I started while married and kids still at home.  No one knew.  Guilt got the best of me and so I stopped.  Then I started again and repeated the same cycle.  It wasn't until the kids were grown and I was divorced that I got back on HRT and stayed on it.

I've never had any bad side effects from HRT but I have had some very good side effects.  My cholesterol "scores" went from marginal to the picture of perfect health.  My doctor told me it would take a truck to kill me.  8)

Julie
When you judge others, you do not define them, you define yourself.
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shannonts

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February 19, 2009, 02:16:10 PM
I Stopped for awhile because of my daughter. I wish I hadn't done it. Here 2 years later, I'm having to go through the whole process again.
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Ellieka

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February 19, 2009, 04:14:15 PM
I stopped for about 3 weeks due to financial hardships. It was the worst 3 weeks of my life!
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helenr13

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February 19, 2009, 04:24:41 PM
I stopped for a while because I felt scared that things were happening too fast for me. I wasn't ready for the more obvious changes to become apparent.  I didn't want people to point their fingers at me. Really I need not have worried because I have comparatively low dosage and the changes have come, and are still coming, only very slowly, which suits me fine.
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Aiden

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February 19, 2009, 08:08:57 PM
I stopped only two weeks, for two reasons.  1 was about to run out before could get more, 2 I was using androgel and my family wouldn't let me touch my sister for even a quick hug while was using it.  They were afraid she would get contact with it and I became afraid of that myself.  She's a beautiful girl didn't want to mess her up even slightly.
Every day we pass people, do we see them or the mask they wear?
If you live under a mask long enough, does it eventually break or wear down?  Does it become part you?  Maybe alone, they are truly themselves?  Or maybe they have forgotten or buried themselves so long, they forget they are not a mask?
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whatw

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February 21, 2009, 08:19:28 PM
i stopped for 5 weeks due to my family and the whole church thing. but im back on now. oh yeah i would not do it again, the side effects were not so good.
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imaz

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February 21, 2009, 08:44:01 PM
I stopped for one year back in '98 after being on HRT for six years.

Was in West Africa and didn't know how to get hormones there, it was a very poor and underdeveloped country.

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