removing ovaries leads to weak bones?

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A woman at work quit because she said she had her ovaries removed 13 years ago and has been taking a patch to give her hormones but had to get off it because she was having lumps in her breasts plus her bones were too weak to stand all day. I seen her get worse throughout the years, from standing all day to needing to sit alot and calling in sick. If shes off the patch how will she contiue life on without hormones? I dont know much about these things.

Answers:
Removing the ovaries does not automatically lead to weak bones (osteoporosis). The various changes brought about by removing the ovaries is quite complex, and not best explained here.

One book you may want to read which I think explains how all hormones interact (including the #1 hormone - insulin) is "Entering the Zone" by Barry Sears, Ph.D.

It helped me to understand how my hormonal changes (perimenopause) interact, and what to do when the feminine hormones quit - naturally, to avoid some of the standard side effects (weak bones, etc.)

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I thik by removing the ovaries, you go into menopause faster. Menopause has different hormone levels than a younger woman, and it can lead to loss of bone mass.

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