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Andrea Barnett Budin · 10-17-2008, 02:59 PM

AS THE QUEEN OF HOT FLASHES (24 YRS WORTH) I MUST PUT MY 2 CENTS IN HERE.

I HAVE READ DR. JOHN LEE'S BK ON THIS SUBJECT, AS WELL AS DR. GRAEME WILLIAMS. WHAT I LEARNED IS -- DON'T TAKE SYNTHETIC ANYTHING. *NATURAL* PROGESTERONE ABSOLUTELY DOES NOT INCLUDE -- WILD YAMS! MY ENDROCRINOLOGIST AGREES AND SAYS THAT THE REASON IS THAT OUR BODIES CANNOT NATURALLY DISGEST THE ENZYMES IN THIS.

I HAVE BEEN USING PROGESTERONE CREAM, ALL NATURAL, NOT SYNTHETIC, SINCE LAST JANUARY, WITH REMARKABLE RESULTS. ON INNER ARMS (IN TINY DOSAGES) FOR 27 DAYS. OFF FOR 3 DAYS. THE THEORY BEING THAT THE FLASHING COMES FROM UNOPPOSED ESTROGEN. WE ARE NOT PRODUCING THE PROGESTERONE WE ONCE DID.

I AM POST MENOPAUSAL. I AM ER/PR-. I TAKE EVENING PRIMROSE OIL ADJUNCTIVELY (RECOMMENDED AND APPROVED BY MY ONCOLOGIST/NUTRITIONIST) -- FOR ME. I TAKE 1,000 MG EA A.M. AND I -- SOMETIMES -- HAVE TO ADD ANOTHER 500 MG. I LIVE LIKE A NORMAL PERSON NOW. NO MORE SUFFERING, DRIPPING WET, RED-FACED AND FEELING LIKE I AM TRAPPED IN MY BODY. THOUGH I'M STILL HOT AND A BIT CLAMMY, I MUST ADMIT. I'LL TAKE WHAT I CAN GET.
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10-17-2008, 02:59 PM	#7
Andrea Barnett Budin Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: LAND OF YES! w/home in Boca Raton, Florida Orig from L.I., N.Y. Ever hovering IN THE NOW... Posts: 1,904	For All Us Hot Chicks... AS THE QUEEN OF HOT FLASHES (24 YRS WORTH) I MUST PUT MY 2 CENTS IN HERE. I HAVE READ DR. JOHN LEE'S BK ON THIS SUBJECT, AS WELL AS DR. GRAEME WILLIAMS. WHAT I LEARNED IS -- DON'T TAKE SYNTHETIC ANYTHING. NATURAL PROGESTERONE ABSOLUTELY DOES NOT INCLUDE -- WILD YAMS! MY ENDROCRINOLOGIST AGREES AND SAYS THAT THE REASON IS THAT OUR BODIES CANNOT NATURALLY DISGEST THE ENZYMES IN THIS. I HAVE BEEN USING PROGESTERONE CREAM, ALL NATURAL, NOT SYNTHETIC, SINCE LAST JANUARY, WITH REMARKABLE RESULTS. ON INNER ARMS (IN TINY DOSAGES) FOR 27 DAYS. OFF FOR 3 DAYS. THE THEORY BEING THAT THE FLASHING COMES FROM UNOPPOSED ESTROGEN. WE ARE NOT PRODUCING THE PROGESTERONE WE ONCE DID. I AM POST MENOPAUSAL. I AM ER/PR-. I TAKE EVENING PRIMROSE OIL ADJUNCTIVELY (RECOMMENDED AND APPROVED BY MY ONCOLOGIST/NUTRITIONIST) -- FOR ME. I TAKE 1,000 MG EA A.M. AND I -- SOMETIMES -- HAVE TO ADD ANOTHER 500 MG. I LIVE LIKE A NORMAL PERSON NOW. NO MORE SUFFERING, DRIPPING WET, RED-FACED AND FEELING LIKE I AM TRAPPED IN MY BODY. THOUGH I'M STILL HOT AND A BIT CLAMMY, I MUST ADMIT. I'LL TAKE WHAT I CAN GET. FROM TO ... __________________ Andi BB '95 post-meno dx Invasive LOBULAR w/9cm tumor! YIKES + 2/21 nodes. Clear mammo 10 mnths earlier. Mastec/tram flap reconst/PORT/8 mnths chemo (4Adria/8CMF). Borderline ER/PR. Tamoxifen 2 yrs. Felt BLESSED. I could walk and talk, feed and bathe myself! I KNEW I would survive... '98 -- multiple mets to liver. HER2+ 80%. ER/PR- Raging, highly aggressive tumors spreading fast. New PORT. 9 mnths Taxotere Fought fire w/fire! Pronounced in cautious remission 5/99. Taxotere weekly for 6 wks, 2 wks off -- for 9 mnths. TALK ABOUT GRUELING! (I believe they've altered that protocol since those days -- sure hope so!!) + good old Vit H wkly for 1st 3 yrs, then triple dosage ev 3 wks for 7 yrs more... The "easy" chemo, right?! Not a walk in the park, but not a freight train coming at 'ya either... Added Herceptin Nov '98 (6 wks after FDA fast-tracked it for met bc). Stayed w/Vit H till July '08! Now I AM FREE! Humbly and eternally grateful for this life-saving drug! NED since '99 and planning on keeping it that way. To hell w/poor prognosis and nasty stats! STOPPED VIT H JULY '08...! REMAIN STABLE... Eternally grateful...Yes is a world & in this world of yes live (skillfully curled) all worlds ... (e e cummings) EVERY DAY I BEAT MY PREVIOUS RECORD FOR # OF CONSECUTIVE DAYS I'VE STAYED ALIVE. Smile KNOWING you too can be a miracle. Up to me and God now...