Hi,
I was put on zoladex in 2004 for a 6 month stint. i had grown a football size fibroid on the outside of my uterus at the age of 29 and my gyno at the time told me this would be my only chance of saving my uterus. I havn't had children yet so, this seemed the only option. WELL! i was at the time a very high level sportsperson, it stripped me of all major muscle bulk and then sent me into hot flush overload and menopause, and as a phys ed teacher out in the sun most days , this was not fun at all. Energy was zapped, extra weight etc etc. NOT FUN! the end result was my football when from that to a large softball, and i saved my uterus with a cesarian section operation and 6 weeks on the couch to recover. I thought i would then go back to normal but 12 months down the track i was only just getting back regular periods and up until recently had not been able to regulate my weight or put the muscle mass back on i had previously. I then decided to go in search of trying to find a reason, and discovered a doctor called Graeme williams (my saviour!) He did a series of unique blood tests and found i was very estrogen dominant (which in my opinion grows fibriods and is responsible for endo and pregnancy hinderance) And had little to no progesterone and testosterone in my system which is reponsible for burning fat and retaining muscle mass (if i have researched correctly). He gave me a simple natural biohormone cream suited to me, I rubbed it in every day and have been doing for about 10 months now and my life is back! muscle is back! weight is off, energy is back! I really urge everyone being told to go on zoladex or having trouble getting pregnant to research alternative methods first. eg Dr graeme williams and others like him who understand balancing hormone levels. If i knew what i know now, zolodex would have been the last on my list for the mess it caused in my body.
cheers,
hope this helps someone....