When I first “cracked the code” on stabilizing and reversing prolapse, and wrote and published Saving the Whole Woman, I set up this forum. While I had finally gotten my own severe uterine prolapse under control with the knowledge I had gained, I didn’t actually know if I could teach other women to do for themselves what I had done for my condition.
So I just started teaching women on this forum. Within weeks, the women started writing back, “It’s working! I can feel the difference!”
From that moment on, the forum became the hub of the Whole Woman Community. Unfortunately, spammers also discovered the forum, along with the thousands of women we had been helping. The level of spamming became so intolerable and time-consuming, we regretfully took the forum down.
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Surviving60
July 13, 2013 - 5:17am
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Abqangel, there are many discussion threads on this forum that you can search for on the subject of topical estrogens. The bottom line is that they are absorbed into the system, despite many claims and beliefs that this absorption is minimal. You would need to weigh these risks against the degree of symptom relief you get from the tissues being thickened by hormones. i see from other posts that you have a vaginal vault prolapse and I assume that you have had hysterectomy. - Surviving
abqangel
July 14, 2013 - 3:27pm
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Hi Surviving60 -
Thanks for your response. Yes, I had a hysterectomy three years ago and life has never been the same.
I'm only in my mid-40's, so this is pretty scary. I've been told that the bioidenticals are safe to take until at least the time I would have normally come into menopause (early 50's) so I feel fairly comfortable with trying the gel and was even told that the pharmacy could add some topical pain meds to try to make me more comfortable so I may try that too.
Did you also have a hysterectomy? - - what is your situation?
Thanks for writing back. I'm new at this game.
Surviving60
July 14, 2013 - 3:41pm
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abqangel
No, haven't had hyst or any prolapse repairs. I'm post-menopause with rectocele and cystocele which I've been managing non-surgically since discovering Christine's work 3-1/2 years ago.
So you have a bit more on your plate to deal with than I do. I have read quite a bit about hysterectomy in recent years, since both mother and sister had it done, and because we talk about it so much on this site. Clearly there are lots of side effects and after effects that doctors aren't being up-front about.
You need to experiment and find what makes you feel better. There are risks to just about everything, but if you are aware of them you can make the decisions that are right for you. And what's right now, might not be right later. I don't know the answer......but hope you can find it. - Surviving