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I am 55 three years post menopause and this year has been the worst of all, just found out I have arthritis in my spine and my joints have started to ache and cracks. I am changing my diet to healthier than ever, adding collagen hydrolized, bone broth and more. I never thought of using HRT but if it helps control de advance of this disease I would happily give it a try. I live in Texas and planning to retire in Portugal in about 2 1/2 years from now. Someone here has any experience going this way to control arthritis. Thank you!
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Jan999 marlene60613
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marlene60613 Jan999
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helen93847 marlene60613
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marlene60613 helen93847
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shelly86115 marlene60613
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Did the HRT work ?
Ive just started it for the same reason in 50 in menopause and
have had really bad joint pain since my periods became iregular.
elizabeth14408 marlene60613
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I came across this post researching something else. Yes, HRT literally saved my life.
I am 71 now and have been on it from the age of 50. When I was younger (about 35-40) I had some joint problems mostly in my shoulders. At times it got really bad and I was given steroid injections into the shoulder, on 2 or 3 occations,
otherwise I was not diagnosed with any arthritis then. I went on HRT for other menapausal symptoms and few years later tried to come off as it was considered controversial by some doctors and it was not known about long term effects.
This is when the arthritis kicked in... I had pain in every joint and other conditions developed like trigger finger and my frozen shoulder started hurting again.
I was in agony for 6 months, was prescribed all sorts of pain killers and other medication (but not steroids) until my doctor put me back on HRT.
Within a month I felt like newly born. the pain was gone. I inted to keep on taking it for the rest of my life. I also feel a lot more energetic. There are many different kinds of arthritis, I read somewhere that there is a "menopausal arthritis" which is possibly what I had. I met a lady several years ago, she was about 80 at the time and had very advanced arthitis in all the joints, especially hands and feet/legs,
with severe swelling, could not put the shoes on easily. She told me that she developed those symptoms after the menopause and was never on any HRT.
I hope this helps.
linda92611 elizabeth14408
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Hi Elizabeth your message gives me hope. I came off HRT in Feb this year and was fine until about Sept when I started having really bad pain in all my joints. Especially in my hands shoulders and elbow joints so much so that I have now been off work for 5wks..was given Codeine which made me ill then Morphine patches which I have now come off I don't want to be taking such strong pain killers..I am 59yrs old I was taken off the HRT on a trial, I went back too my doctor and asked to go back on my HRT I have now been back on it for 4days so hopefully in a few weeks this pain should subside..
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joyce64696 marlene60613
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Hi Marlene
I'm SO pleased I found your article & everyone else who is on HRT. I had a hysterectomy 5 years ago & have been on HRT since. However I decided to wean myself off HRT & with doctors ok hv been only on 2-3 a week for the past 2 months. Omg the pain in my joints for tha past 4 weeks has been horrendous. Getting up in the morning my legs could hardly bend & my neck & lower back makes we walk like an old crock. I am only 59. So here I am sitting in s cafe having just been told that my varicose veins r not the cause of my leg pain but athritis. So while I've been consoling myself with bacon roll I suddenly had s lightbulb moment. What have I done that's different in my life? Well apart from moving my mum up to live with us( who has dementia) the only other major thing I'd done was stop HRT. So asking the question to your trusted website I found that I'm not alone with my belief how useful HRT is. I'm going home to take my "hibernating" HRT & I will keep you posted as to my progress. SO GLAD I decided to take time to myself from life's fast forward to read, share & digest ( & not just my bacon roll)
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