Text Box: current plans to start one. Instead the NIH has primarily tested only PremarinTM which is only loosely based on ovarian function and in no way represents the hormonal environment the ovaries once provided even though it is called HRT. Remember PremarinTM is called HRT because it is easy and sounds good, not because it is. 
Your doctor may not want to treat ovarian failure (menopause) 
because culturally it is considered normal even though there is not one medical textbook that says hypogonadism is. Culturally, menopause (ovarian failure) is normal, medically it is not. 
Is this the right healthcare provider for you?
If you and your healthcare provider agree that your ovaries were more than just reproductive organs and wants to help you by prescribing ORT than this is the first step in getting the healthcare you want and deserve. For more information on ORT see my newsletter, October 2006.