In a message dated 3/26/01 2:08:19 PM, Sharon Giles
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<< This whole anti-HRT thing is really annoying me since it is not a
theoretic,
romantic, 'life should be this way' affair to me. As an actual
postmenopausal woman who takes HRT, I personally feel the benefits. It helps
a lot of problems. . . >>

Thank you, Sharon, that was exactly my point. Just as there are lots of ways
to skin a mammoth, (<G>) there are lots of ways to replace the "H" in HRT.
Perhaps I used the term too loosely. Hormones can be replaced naturally also,
although I suppose in the technical sense it would not then be called HRT.
Sometimes it is necessary to turn to more allopathic treatments if
alternative methods prove unsatisfactory.

Maddy Mason
Hudson Valley, NY