With regards to HRT I've just had to have a hysteroscopy and womb lining biopsy after losing so much blood for a year that the GPs had no idea what to do. Severely anaemic, fainting. Seen in the emergency gynae clinic for TV scan, and MRI. Diagnosed with ademyosis.
Ambulances blue lighted because I was losing to much and needed infusion.
Norethisterone, Norethisterone Provera, Provera, TXA, TXA....
Plenty of professionals seen over that 9 months.
It took ME to research my HRT patch, I assumed it was combination of oestrogen and progesterone... When I found it was purely oestrogen. I looked into that and saw it caused heavy bleeding, clotting blah blah... I asked my GP almost as an afterthought why, when using gel oestrogen, I had progesterone pills too. He said no you need to take Utrogesterone - Hah! I was never told that. I'd switched from both to the patch and told by the stupid fucking pharmacist (the surgery keeps sending you over to them for the simple things) they're you patch is prescribed, I agree it's a bit off with the gel and tablet...
Then they put me onto Conti after I bought it to their attention.
Still bleeding, was instructed to come off everything.
Hysteroscopy showed womb lining had gone from 1.9mm to 3cm thick. Polyps had grown in the 7 months since MRI.
I've had to had a biopsy because unopposed oestrogen will cause cancer.
Now I need to have a polypectomy.
It's ruined my health physically, mentally, hormonally. It's destroyed me.
So HRT might not cause cancer, there are risks of course but it does of course depend on how it is prescribed!
You'll have to excuse my 10, been on pure oestrogen for 9 months. A mix of both for 1 month then told to ditch it all.
Then the hysteroscopy, biopsy and now the polypectomy.
They've ruined me.
In case you hadn't noticed!
Fucking cunts, literally.
Other than that I tend to agree with you.