I recently had a concern about cancer as a cyst was found on my breast. I am OK but am currently on HRT and am aware of the dangers of breast cancer so I wish to find a practitioner in France who can advise and take me on as a client for the treatment for the menopause using bio identical hormones.
There is a Clinique in England but it is too expensive for me to travel there every time I need to see the specialist.
I live in the Drome. Can travel much further if necessary. Paris would be fine for example.I have googled the subject but the one person in France I discovered cannot take more clients.
Not yet. My doctor and two gynocologists arenât interested. There is a
private clinic which specializes in bio identical hormones but isnât taking
on more clients. A friends doctor recommended to her, Livial which is a HRT
treatment less risky regarding breast cancer. I might try coming off
Femsept after my five year period is up and hope my hair doesnât fall out!
Hi Fiona, been there done thT, without HRT, sadly the menaopauxe is a curse to be tolerated but I took Starflower Capsules/tabs which at the time perhaps 15 yrs ago I bought from H@B although living in UK, although they send to France. I also took Devils ClaĆ” with it and the 2 together worked for me.
I would also say though that you ought to check out ingredients of both,plus if you take other prescribed meds. Prescribed med ingredients can be checked on drugs.com .co.u.k or .fr âŠWikipedia is a good site to research also for natural ingredients.
Thanks so much Shirley
For the very helpful info. I am waiting nervously for some test results
and have also decided to come off HRT slowly. Will check out my local Bio
shop for those ingrediants.
No problem Fiona, hope you Find some. As just starting afresh with the new look format and reading rules, i think Iâve broken some alreadĆ· by mentioning how to check out your meds or where to buy some, oops sorry.
Just coming to this post very late, but am relatively new to the group. Are the pharmacists in France the same as UK?? So if I wanted to go down the natural route to HRT, could I ask them for suggestions and advice? Or are they only interested in prescription only? I would much rather find a natural remedy to my hot flushes than having to take drugs. Any advice very much welcome
My experience of pharmacists here is that they are very keen to promote non-prescription items, and usually have quite a range. But if you decide to take any supplements please check contraindications if you also take prescribed drugs. Natural doesnât mean risk free.
This will probably not be much help because I canât remember the name of the medication ten years on and she has long since retired but I was prescribed bio identical HRT for 2 years by my doctor/gynae without me specifically asking for it.
I would have liked to continue but as it was mainly for a vanity reason (hair loss,androgenetic alopeacia)and that was the time limit I was given I came off it,but it really gave me a sense of well being
I know our local biocop sells or used to sell Pain des femmes(or something similar)chock full of linseeds,pumpkin seeds and phyto oestrogens for menopausal symtoms and Iâm sure there is a recipe out there to make same a lot more cheaply.
Good luck
I had the most terrible time in the summer - thought I was dying due to the range of symptoms I had. I didnât even know the menopause could give you chest pain and muscle cramps⊠after having virtually all my internal organs scanned (it was that bad, as in I could not walk / get off the sofa, brushing my teeth required so much effort that I had to lie down again afterwards), I then started having hot flushes and thought aha.
My GP had just retired and the new one was about 19 and useless. So I asked friends and am now taking this and wearing a Ladycare magnet 24/7 and am completely back to âNormalâ .
I am pretty fit and active and always assumed really bad menopause symptoms only hit overweight couch potatoes. Well, that showed meâŠ!! The magnet took about a month to kick in and after three months I was virtually symptom free. Iâm not sure whether it is the magnet or the supplements (I had tried others from Boots in month one but they were not very effective) or the combination but I havenât yet been brave enough to stop taking or using either.
I just wish there was more sensible research into the menopause. It can be completely devastating - sometimes just for months and other times for much longer. It does other things to you too. I developed rheumatoid arthritis at menopause, which doctors fobbed off as menopausal symptoms for about a year, and then said there was no link. 3 times more women than men get the disease, and a big proportion around menopause - go figure.
So I am hugely jealous of the many women who sail through without a pause in their life. I just wish there was a better way to replicate this.