Pressing Pause: Hormone Suppression Therapy Stories

Inside this volume

Fifty first-person accounts describe hormone suppression therapy for endometriosis, adenomyosis and fibroids, from monthly injections and implants to daily tablets. Many arrived after years of being told it was bad periods, IBS or stress; others came because of flooding at work, an iron level of four, or a fibroid the size of a grapefruit. Writers include a second-grade teacher, a bus dispatcher, a hairstylist, a night-shift nurse, a choir director, a school principal, an assembly-line worker, a bartender without insurance and the mother of a seventeen-year-old, from Leicester to Lagos, Nairobi to Haifa. They describe Lupron, Zoladex, Prostap, Orilissa, Myfembree and Ryeqo, add-back tablets, bone scans, prior authorisations, assistance programmes, a pause before an embryo transfer, and treatment as a bridge to surgery or to menopause. Hot flashes at the board table, night sweats, a mood dip nobody warned about and fears for future fertility sit beside classes attended again and open houses without panic. Outcomes are mixed: one woman with a past blood clot changed plans, some stopped early or found the first medicine was not enough, and several describe pain returning once treatment ended.

Who it's for

For anyone offered an injection or daily tablet to pause endometriosis, adenomyosis or fibroids, people wondering what comes after, and the partners and parents keeping the fan running.

Format · Instant download · PDF & EPUB · Fifty first-person accounts · PDF: 283 pages

A collection of personal testimony, offered as companion reading — not medical advice.

• 50 single-author testimonies from real people
• A short, plain-language introduction to the topic
• Editor's note, contents page, and curated resource list
• Professional interior typesetting and an original cover

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