online case RM/May03

[Sheila Parks]

daer rochelle, i don't know how old you are, but as i read the last few
lines of your long posting, see below, i was surprised. most of the world
worships youth and throws away elders, especially women elders, as though
they are garbage. i write this from the usa, where this is especially true.
i know it is not true of some countries and cultures, so i write from the
one i know best, the usa. hrt is pushed and pushed and pushed. i don't know
the figures of how many women take it. also, women are the poorest in this
country and elder women especially. called the feminization of poverty. and
so many women have internalized the ageism. i don't think fear of becoming
old and wanting to stay on hrt is a srp symptom. my guess is every woman in
the usa has it. and from what i know of the united kingdom, your culture is
like ours in these respects. sheila
I look on the wishing to continue to take the HRT as a wish for

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