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Mamie316

Wednesday, October 15, 2003 - 10:55 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Secret, I too let some symptoms that I was having pass as perimenopause and in actuality found out at my checkup that I had hypertension. I am now on my blood pressure med but I am also experiencing perimenopause. I do have to say that the med seems to help my hot flashes which is good but I do agree, you should go to the doctor and make sure.

Kristylovesbb

Wednesday, October 15, 2003 - 02:04 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Manie I am curious about your symptoms that you discovered were due to hypertension not perimenopause. If you have time and don't mind would you list them for me. I have been trying to get in to see my doctor and they keep telling me their computers are down and can't make an appointment for me. Can you believe that! I have a blood pressure machine at home and mine is running high, the doctor needs to check that for me.

Secretsmile

Wednesday, October 15, 2003 - 03:15 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Ginger, at the moment I am scheduled for more tests, I have a goiter and there seems to be some nodes that I may have to have biopsied. My appt with the surgeon for that consult isn't for several weeks. LOL, so I guess to answer your question, NO, I haven't been given a diagnosis yet.

Mamie316

Wednesday, October 15, 2003 - 06:55 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Sure Kristy, I'm sure there are many symptoms but mine were feeling very dizzy accompanied by a hot flushing feeling. I also was getting very sick to my stomach quite often which I had attributed to my allergies but I am sure I was just trying to tell myself it was nothing. I had heart palpatations and I honestly just didn't feel quite myself but it was the hot, dizzy feeling that I passed off as hot flashes. Once I got on my meds, wow, it was like night and day. I would really try to get in and see what they say. I have now started an exercise program everyday and watch what I eat so it was quite the life altering experience. My doctor says that I am her prized patient! But I am 45 so there are still those darn perimenopause symptoms too!

Kristylovesbb

Thursday, October 16, 2003 - 04:31 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Thanks Mamie316.

Lyn

Saturday, October 18, 2003 - 08:25 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
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Texannie

Sunday, October 19, 2003 - 08:15 am EditMoveDeleteIP
ROFL!!!
I have noticed that whenever I drink red wine, I will have hot flashes/night sweats at exactly 5 AM the next day!

Mamie316

Sunday, October 19, 2003 - 10:09 am EditMoveDeleteIP
I think that my inner child is an arsonist!

Texannie

Wednesday, October 22, 2003 - 01:16 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
http://www.johnleemd.com/

In Memoriam, John R. Lee, M.D. (1929 - 2003)
John R. Lee, M.D. passed away unexpectedly on Friday October 17th, 2003, of a heart attack. Dr. Lee was known by millions of people as the doctor who pioneered the use of transdermal progesterone cream and bio-identical hormones, and who had the courage to stand up against the medical establishment’s dangerous and misguided HRT (hormone replacement therapy) treatments. He kept a full schedule, giving talks and teaching worldwide (he had recently returned from a speaking tour in Europe), writing his best-selling books and monthly newsletters.

Dr. Lee was gratified by the thousands of women who wrote and called to tell him how dramatically their health had improved when they followed his recommendations, and by the hundreds of clinicians and researchers he corresponded with who had integrated his work into their practices and research with great success. Dr. Lee was thankful that his analysis of the problems with conventional HRT were finally validated by the medical establishment during his lifetime.

Dr. Lee’s friends and colleagues will carry on his legacy, as will the millions of others whose lives he touched over the years. We know that many of you will write, asking “What can we do?” The most meaningful way to remember John R. Lee, M.D. and carry on his work is to educate others, one-to-one, and give them the gift of optimal health, as he gave us.

His family asks that in lieu of flowers, please make a donation to the Progesterone Research Institute.

Denecee

Wednesday, October 22, 2003 - 01:43 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Hi all! I just started taking Progesterone cream made from wild yam so I don't know if it will help me. My homeopathic friend started using it a couple of months ago to lengthen her periods cycle and is very happy with the results. She says that alot of women(especially heavier women) have too much estrogen which creates an imbalance of our hormones which causes lots of things like: irregular periods, painful periods, depression, long list.
She(my friend) recommends the book "What your doctor may not tell you about pre menopause" by Dr. Lee. You can find it on Half.com for cheap. The cream is called Emerita Progesterone.