Gypsy, you do realize that your personal experience does not reflect the incidence of cancer, stroke, heart attack, etc. among HRT users in the population at large, I hope. Not trying to alter your decision, but if there were a really high incidence of such side effects, no doctor would be prescribing HRT for fear of the lawsuits, even if their medical ethics would allow it. The absolute risk is still low.

If women are substantially overweight, smoke, drink, eat too much simple carbohydrate or trans-fat or cholesterol, have a high-stress lifestyle, drive too fast, and/or don't exercise, the risks from HRT may be the least of their worries.

Genie