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Menopause and running

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ITG 🇮🇸 Aug 2024 9:45pm, 19 Aug 2024 17,899 posts	0 ITG 🇮🇸 No, no and thrice no, Linds! 30 years of periods are enough.
PaulaMc Aug 2024 9:57pm, 19 Aug 2024 12,941 posts	0 PaulaMc I remember a few years ago reading some articles around nuns having higher incidences of breast, cervical and uterine cancers and this was linked to them having many more menstrual cycles. A quick search turned up this one: https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/andrewbrown/2011/dec/09/nuns-on-the-pill-cancer-risks#:~:text=Modern%20studies%20of%20American%20nuns,protect%20them%20against%20this%20fate.
PaulaMc Aug 2024 9:57pm, 19 Aug 2024 12,942 posts	0 PaulaMc Ah. That didn’t work. I’ll try again.
PaulaMc Aug 2024 9:59pm, 19 Aug 2024 12,943 posts	0 PaulaMc No, can’t make it work. Just google it.
Pinks Aug 2024 10:37pm, 19 Aug 2024 41,347 posts	0 Pinks @sallykate I never fared well with progesterone only pill, I was worried about that when I started HRT. I have utrogestan vaginal capsules, as opposed to an oral tablet. My GP said it's quite common to use it vaginally in europe for HRT, not so much in England, and she also suggested the side effects were fewer having it like this so I went for it.
cathrobinson Aug 2024 10:59pm, 19 Aug 2024 12,830 posts	0 cathrobinson Whereas my GP said ‘at 53 you shouldn’t still be having periods’, adjusted my progesterone to once per day and I’ve only had one breakthrough bleed since (touch wood!).
RunnyBunny Aug 2024 11:16pm, 19 Aug 2024 1,498 posts	0 RunnyBunny Linds: I saw that and my gut reaction was no, I like wearing white trousers worry-free. On the other hand, maybe I'd be a better runner again in which case it would be a difficult decision.
LindsD Aug 2024 6:58am, 20 Aug 2024 69,400 posts	0 LindsD I know what you mean RB.
westmoors Aug 2024 7:11am, 20 Aug 2024 9,067 posts	0 westmoors I never wanted periods in the first place!
Elsie Too Aug 2024 7:47am, 20 Aug 2024 5,301 posts	0 Elsie Too Sitting here with stomach cramps, I can't wait for them to bugger off.