Month: February 2022

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Reluctantly handing over my prescription for HRT, the young doctor told me: ‘We are going to have to wean you off these.’ I wanted to shout in frustration. Attractive and confident, she strutted around the surgery in a mini skirt and what looked suspiciously like Manolo Blahnik high heels. Two things were certain. She was not too long out of medical school, where they still focus on the potential risks of HRT. And she had no inkling of the fright I felt at being denied the precious daily capsules and gel that have put a zip into my life. Ask any woman on HRT: she’ll tell you it makes her, whatever her age, feel energetic, female, and, yes — dare I say it — flirty. So I — and surely thousands upon thousands of women like me — cheered the news this week that HRT is to set to be sold over th...

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