Ladies can you help me with this??? Tracey maybe?

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Hey all-

I wanted to see if anyone had any ideas/suggestions about this. Its a female

issue so you " guys " could get really bored or yucked with this...

Let me first start by saying that I had a complete hysterectomy back in 2001

(7 years ago) at the age of 29 due to severe complications of endometriosis.

I then went into a state of menopause as the docs only kept me on Premerin

for 6 months as all the controversy came out with HRT treatments, so

everything was stopped. Well as I have reported before, I have every symptom

and

probably more that they haven't documented yet, of menopause. Including now

physical changes of vaginal atrophy. I am only 36 and I feel like I am going

shrivel up into an old lady by 40.

So, after not having anything done and docs not letting me do anything as

far as taking estrogen to reverse some of these symptoms, I decided to see a new

doc in my area on Friday. He was wonderful and he was greatly concerned at

the extent of the symptoms. He went as far as to goggle Spyrcel and

estrogen replacement as he had a RN in his office working on it too. He

decided

that there was nothing stating that CML was an estrogen cancer and that he

thought for quality of Life and atrophic reason, I needed to start something.

He

gave 3 RX's and told me to read about it and pick which way I wanted to treat

with estrogen. He wants it locally treated and not systemic estrogen. So,

I can do a patch, pills to be inserted or a ring that stays put for 3 months

at a time. Women, ya get the area I am talking about......

He also ordered a mammogram and a dexa scan/ Mamo is negative but dexa scan

shows osteoporosis and osteopenia in the hips and spine. Remember I am only

36......Ugh...

He also wanted to start a higher dose calcium and decided that he should

probably check my Vitamin D level and this had never been done.. Well, I get a

call from him this morning and then his RN trying to get a hold of me. I

called them back and he wants to see me this afternoon as the level was

critically low and he wants to have a consult with me. Reading the side

effects of

low Vit D (muscle pain, fatigue, cancer and immunity risks) I wonder how much

of what I put towards my CML and drug that maybe should be a blame to low Vit

D count?

Any thoughts on all this?

Do you think the estrogen, calcium and I am sure some sort of Vit D

corrective med, is all safe to use with CML and Spyrcel???

I have to head to see him in an hour so I will report what he says........

Thanks in advance for the help.

Hugs and Hope-

36

CML 5/13/05

Gleevec 800mg until 8/07

Spyrcel 100 mg since 9/07

Wife and mother of 3 (12,9,7)

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