Mirena after breast cancer
Hi all! After some advice please. Has anyone had a Mirena again after Bc and treatments. My cancer was HER2 positive grade 3 and I had a lumpectomy, two rounds of chemo, 6 weeks of rad may 2016. I ...
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Hi @rene2476, I just had a Mirena removed last week after experiencing a range of symptoms since January when I got it, including acne along my jaw line and a patch of hair that seemed to be a bit thin near my hair line.
I also had ongoing bleeding and felt very anxious a lot of the time. Some women have a lot of success with using the Mirena. My cancer was er+ and pr+, so the thought of having progesterone pumped into my body became a worry. They say it’s mostly localised, yet the symptoms are systemic. I’m not sure it doesn’t pump around your body and I read that when you have it removed your estrogen spikes as you no longer have the Mirena to counteract it which makes sense.
I feel much better now and it’s only been a week. I might have to have a hysterectomy, but it will be better than my experience with the Mirena. All the best with your decision. It’s such a pain having ongoing bleeding after breast cancer. You could try it as it is very easy to have removed. I’m so over treatments of any kind.
I also had ongoing bleeding and felt very anxious a lot of the time. Some women have a lot of success with using the Mirena. My cancer was er+ and pr+, so the thought of having progesterone pumped into my body became a worry. They say it’s mostly localised, yet the symptoms are systemic. I’m not sure it doesn’t pump around your body and I read that when you have it removed your estrogen spikes as you no longer have the Mirena to counteract it which makes sense.
I feel much better now and it’s only been a week. I might have to have a hysterectomy, but it will be better than my experience with the Mirena. All the best with your decision. It’s such a pain having ongoing bleeding after breast cancer. You could try it as it is very easy to have removed. I’m so over treatments of any kind.