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This programme is a radio Scotland one that was broadcast yesterday. The last part is about RA in relation why some conditions such as RA alleviate during pregnancy. I found it fascinating and thought some of you might too!
Thanks I will have a listen, hope you well, been keeping up with your blogs Axx
Thanks just getting youngest up for school now then walking dog so that OH can go straight to bed after a nightshift and then my friend is driving me to the airport! Very excited! TT x
Enjoy your trip TT
Mary x
Just listened to the programme. Its very interesting. There has to be a link between immunity, pregnancy and auto-immunity.
I just wish someone would start and do the science and save us all from these guesswork meds!!!
Rant over...
Yes I felt exactly the same way Phoebe - sure mine is all hormone related but when I asked for HRT instead they just said you have no menopausal problems so no as there are risks - what risks would they be compared to MTX and Hydroxy really?! But I guess as they said on the programme it's much more complicated than just supplementing oestrogen and pregesterone - and my gynae told me that oestrogen is a steroid and would have exactly the same effects and side effects re no one thinning as Prednisolone so it's maybe not going to lead to a cure. But very interesting nonetheless.
Waiting in grey departure lounge looking at grey runway in a grey Edinburgh now waiting for Easy Jet flight to Bristol!
TTx
And natural progesterone/Progestrogen is impossible to replicate in the lab, so it is another risky hormone.
I tried some Progesterone cream once when I was menopausal and it helped my RA too. But Progestrogen tablets gave me horrendous migraines.
It's all a bit of a lottery isn't it?
Oops meant bone thinning!
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