I met a woman this week, a vegan, aged 55, with four adult children, who is thin and healthy, who had two brain stem strokes last month — first time she experienced vertigo and the second time she had “vertical” double vision. They did an MRI of her brain so they could see that the vertigo was actually the first brain stem stroke. She has high Lp-a (the genetic one) and they put her on a statin, and took away her estrogen patch, and said “no more of that.” With all the hoopla about estrogen helping vasculature, I would really like to understand better why they considered her estrogen patch part of the problem, in this case. In other words it *is* very complicated and “nuanced” and everything we do carries risk. I assume no one had done the Lp-a for her because why? She was a youngish vegan? Apparently, her LDL was only 70 without a statin, and now they want her LDL down to 55 but my reading up on this (because I just found out my own Lp-a is 315 and I have taken a statin for several years) tells me that statins can actually *increase* Lp-a (the genetic one that can be worsened by menopause). I wonder what your thoughts are on this.
I thought this many, many years ago when I was 49, I asked my GYN if she would write me a script for a DEXA SCAN. She said the insurance company would not cover it until I am 60 something. I thought well what good is that if my optimal bone health is around 30 and declines from there, I am already way behind the eight ball at 49. I have tried to do the right things for maintaining my bone health but unfortunately my T Scores are not great at 74 but metastasized cancer to my lung has required my attention at the moment. Just a note my GYN at this point in my life and in my fifties continually pushed pharmaceutical bone builders and I declined.
I have many articles and podcast episodes specifically for women with breast cancer. And my come again audio series has an episode for women with breast cancer as well.
We discussed it here, but there is always more to discuss! I highly recommend following the work of Dr. Corinne Menn - this is her focus and she is terrific
Argh, this is a good reason to avoid listening to study interpretation from MDs and stick to PHDs. Your “ only 1 in a 1000” comment is Frightening. That's .1%. 175 million women JUST in the USA. That's 17.5 million more women getting a cancer diagnosis! Do no harm… NICE!
Oh gosh - the word "only" is not meant to minimize the experience of breast cancer; it is to help contextualize risk after women have been told for generations that HRT causes breast cancer. The 1/1000 risk is statistic that is real. Data like this are critical to help patients make informed decisions. In other words, some women will decide that 1/1000 is too risky; others might not. It's up to the individual, not me, to make that decision. Does that help? I will delete the word "only" because it's out of context and I see what you mean :)
A breath of fresh air to listen to good, honest discussion opening our eyes and with good backing. Thank you Ladies
Such a great conversation about who should take HRT. There is so much confusion about it, this video is a great resource!
This is so much more clear - thank you!
Here here!
I met a woman this week, a vegan, aged 55, with four adult children, who is thin and healthy, who had two brain stem strokes last month — first time she experienced vertigo and the second time she had “vertical” double vision. They did an MRI of her brain so they could see that the vertigo was actually the first brain stem stroke. She has high Lp-a (the genetic one) and they put her on a statin, and took away her estrogen patch, and said “no more of that.” With all the hoopla about estrogen helping vasculature, I would really like to understand better why they considered her estrogen patch part of the problem, in this case. In other words it *is* very complicated and “nuanced” and everything we do carries risk. I assume no one had done the Lp-a for her because why? She was a youngish vegan? Apparently, her LDL was only 70 without a statin, and now they want her LDL down to 55 but my reading up on this (because I just found out my own Lp-a is 315 and I have taken a statin for several years) tells me that statins can actually *increase* Lp-a (the genetic one that can be worsened by menopause). I wonder what your thoughts are on this.
I thought this many, many years ago when I was 49, I asked my GYN if she would write me a script for a DEXA SCAN. She said the insurance company would not cover it until I am 60 something. I thought well what good is that if my optimal bone health is around 30 and declines from there, I am already way behind the eight ball at 49. I have tried to do the right things for maintaining my bone health but unfortunately my T Scores are not great at 74 but metastasized cancer to my lung has required my attention at the moment. Just a note my GYN at this point in my life and in my fifties continually pushed pharmaceutical bone builders and I declined.
I have many articles and podcast episodes specifically for women with breast cancer. And my come again audio series has an episode for women with breast cancer as well.
We discussed it here, but there is always more to discuss! I highly recommend following the work of Dr. Corinne Menn - this is her focus and she is terrific
Argh, this is a good reason to avoid listening to study interpretation from MDs and stick to PHDs. Your “ only 1 in a 1000” comment is Frightening. That's .1%. 175 million women JUST in the USA. That's 17.5 million more women getting a cancer diagnosis! Do no harm… NICE!
Oh gosh - the word "only" is not meant to minimize the experience of breast cancer; it is to help contextualize risk after women have been told for generations that HRT causes breast cancer. The 1/1000 risk is statistic that is real. Data like this are critical to help patients make informed decisions. In other words, some women will decide that 1/1000 is too risky; others might not. It's up to the individual, not me, to make that decision. Does that help? I will delete the word "only" because it's out of context and I see what you mean :)