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"Just when I&amp;#039;m planning on asking my doctor for hormones this week, there comes a new study about the dangers of hormone therapy for treating perimenopausal symptoms. This new research, out of Oxford, followed nearly 127,000 women and found that those taking hormones (whether estrogen alone or a combination of estrogen plus progestin) had a 29% increased risk of ovarian cancer. For those who had once taken hormones but stopped, there was no increased risk. That meant that 424 women taking hormones were diagnosed with ovarian cancer, a deadly killer, after nine years of follow up. What does this mean? The lead researcher suggested that women take hormones for the shortest amount of time. I&amp;#039;m there. I&amp;#039;m so tired of not sleeping through the night. Hell, I&amp;#039;m tired of not sleeping four hours through the night. I can&amp;#039;t lead a meeting or stand in front of a class without feeling like I&amp;#039;m suddenly under a heat lamp. It&amp;#039;s a quality of life issue. I feel that the not sleeping is seriously shortening my lifespan. A friend of mine who had her breasts and ovaries removed in a prophylactic way, as cancer runs in her family, just went on hormones \u2013 despite the increased risks. &amp;quot;I don&amp;#039;t want to live another 40 years this way,&amp;quot; she said, referring to her low-level depression, brain fog, loss of curiosity and inability to focus. &amp;quot;I don&amp;#039;t drive on the freeway as much as other people,&amp;quot; she said. &amp;quot;I think it balances out.&amp;quot; For her, the hot flashes were tolerable; for me, not so much anymore. But it&amp;#039;s a complicated choice. One I thought I had almost settled. Now it&amp;#039;s to be continued \u2026 "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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