I just started taking bio-identical hormones?

Last week, I went to see my doctor about taking hormone replacement therapy. I am in menopause (surgical menopause after hysterectomy) and I'm having a LOT of symptoms. I asked him for the hormones because I was having "quality of life" issues and really needed some hormones.

He prescribed me bio-identical estrogen and progesterone. Bio-identical means they were plant based and they are NOT the synthetic hormones made from pregnant horse urine.

Anyway, even those these hormones are non-synthetic, they still have risks because they are still hormones.

If anyone here has experience with hormones or pharmacy or medicine, I would really appreciate your comments on this.

My doctor gave me the presciption but he did ask me to sign a paper saying that I understood that taking these hormones puts me in a high risk category of getting breast cancer.

Would appreciate your advice on this if you have some knowledge about this.

Thanks,
Robin

really, it doesnt matter if the hormones are synthetic or not. hormones are basically signals to cells telling them that they should do something. think of it like a key starting a car- the hormone is the key. it doesnt matter if the key is a copy or the original, all that matters is how it interacts with the car- whether or not it starts it. or in the case of hormones, how it interacts with your body, which should be the same way as a natural hormone. and yes they do increase your risk of breast cancer somewhat, theres been a lot of stuff in the news lately about how breast cancer rates are dropping for the first time because doctors have been cutting back on hormone replacement. id talk to your doctor about the risks and benefits further if you have concerns or worries about it.