(02-03-2018, 11:36 AM)Katie Wrote:

(02-03-2018, 11:04 AM)Huggy Wrote: Interesting you say that about how HRT affected your joints.  I have heard others notice the same effect.  May I ask, how long were you on HRT before it became noticeable things were loosening up and the muscles begining reduce in bulk? 

Sure, I`d say at the beginning of the second year it was quite noticable, there was also quite a bit of weight loss and fat redistribution going on then too, and that`s lasted right up until now and is ongoing (about 27 months later).
in fact most of all the really cool changes happened in the second year, and facially about the last 6 months of so it`s really worked well! (I won`t need any FFS ever).
I used to (pre hrt) suffere quite badly with my joints and tendonitis and srthritis, Now I feel like I`m 20 or 30 years younger and all my "age related" problems seems to have simply vanished!???
However... (sound of other shoe dropping) LOL Ithe dislocation problem started about 3 months ago and I dislocated both shoulders in less than a week simply doing stuff I`d always done. I`d noticed that most of my joints that were quite rigid and set to bend in one direction only, can actually move in the "wrong" direction too, and with little to no effort, for instance, I could never straighten my fingers past straight, now they can even go past that a little and curl upwards if i want to, and there`s no pain, just more flexible I guess?. my wrists can bend in 90 degree angles in both directions too now, tha was totally impossible for me before.

Crazy stuff!!!! LOL xx

Wow! Just shows the power of hormones huh?  (you do look good in your avatar) 

My weight is the biggest problem at the mo.  Finally managing to get things back on track at last, but as I can't exercise properly it's a harder battle to shift the lard.  

Been hearing different things about weight and HRT.  Do you think going on HRT itself helped? Or that once you were on the meds it was helping with your frame of mind and finding keeping to the weight loss programme easier?