I'm totally with you on this Margaret. I refuse to take pills for something that I might not develop eg. Statins. I am more than happy to be vaccinated and have had many over my career, none of which caused me any issues. However, I do not want to go down the road of 'a pill for everything'.
I was asked by our practice nurse, during my smear, how I was coping with menopause and if I needed owt to help. My answer was it's normal, I eat well and exercise to the best of my ability and try to keep my weight down (I do bulk up for winter though). I feel generally okay and couldn't give a stuff about medicalising my menopause.. Now if they offered me a solution for my bulging discs, arthritic spine and bone marrow oedema of my hip I'd snatch their hands off
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