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positive3negati
9 years agoMember
Vaginal atrophy. Why didn't someone warn me?
There’s a long list of things nobody warns you about when you go through cancer treatment. It is fairly well known that chemotherapy, radiation therapy and significant surgery all carry risks and sid...
Vallerina
9 years agoMember
Gosh thanks @Romla. I specifically asked gp what to take thats safe for me. This is a new gp i ditched the old one after she prescribed an hrt only for women past menopause. I took it for 2 years then found out i shouldnt been on it in the first place. Specially since my mum took des while pregnant with me. I never had an oncologist ibecause all my cancer got taken in the mx and i had no chemo or rads. Then i feel i was ditched a bit because i had immediate recon i became a plastic surgery patient the breast clinic sort of acted like theyd passed me over. My cancer was gone so they dont seem interested in me any more. I get that. I am one of the lucky ones. I was er+ 85% pr- but no form of hormone therapy was ever offered or discussrd. When i asked why no tamox they said 'because you dont need it' and that was it. Im pretty nervous about the other side. I had a 7cm long area of high grade dcis that filled half my breast that couldnt be felt or seen on mammo or utrasound except 2 small clusters of cacifications. I had been having regular mammo since i was 40. Its very scary. I will go off the remifemin then and do some more research. Thank you for taking the time to let me know. :-) v