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Dawn King wrote: > > I'm wondering what side-effects might occur from taking hormone replacement > therapy. My gynacologist recommends I begin a course of rht to avoid > potential ostioarthritis, etc. - does anyone on the list have any experience > with this. Thankyou. > Dawn I have been on HRT for several years now. First with premaring and prgesterone, and now the estrogen patch only. I found that the progesterone phase of th cycle made my PD symptoms worse on a regular basis, and since this disease is quite enough to deal with on its own I decided I didn't need that to cope with as well. Some Drs. won't put you on just estrogen, but the 1-2%risk of anything developin as a result of this approach seemed small in comparison with the benefits and the avoidance of making PD worse. Marty Rose rosie@hayburn