I'm jumping in, but there are lot of things to consider - osteo, heart disease and maybe even increased risk of Parkinson's?
I'm attaching an excerpt from an article I read back in May. The link doesn't work any more, but her is the article. Not sure if these same things apply with suppression or not. This is part of the reason I'm still wavering.
From the article:
Oophorectomy, or the removal of the ovaries, is done for a number of reasons. It pushes the body into early menopause by stopping the production of estrogen. Studies have shown that breast and ovarian cancer risk falls by about 50 percent when the ovaries are removed, a significant consideration for those with a family history of these diseases. But the risk of osteoporosis and heart disease rises after ovary removal.
And estrogen's role in brain health also may have to figure into the surgical equation, Rocca said. Robbing the brain of estrogen can "hasten brain aging," he added.
In the Mayo Clinic study, Rocca and colleagues identified 2,500 women who had one or both of their ovaries removed and compared their rates of Parkinson's to women with ovaries.
This latest study suggests that pre-menopausal women who had both ovaries removed had twice the rate of Parkinson's than those who had both their ovaries intact. And women who had the procedure done earlier rather than later in midlife also had a greater risk of developing Parkinson's.
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Here is a link to the study from another site. Got it by googling ovary removal and parkinsons:
http://howardregional.org/healthnews/healt...414HD525136.htm