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When to have your ovaries removed
I saw my oncologist today. She is pressuring me to have my ovaries removed. I have the bracken 2 gene. I agree but....I have just finished a year of treatment. I may be going on to a trial with Peter ...
I didn't want the plumbing and I certainly didn't want to faff around with Zolodex for years.
I'll admit to being a bit norty (No? Really?) I was on the point of refusing the chemo and my Onc was getting a bit aerated. He asked what it would take to persuade me and I told him I wanted a port in and the plumbing out, on the same day. By Christmas. This was in early December and he had me booked in by the 15th, despite me thinking, 'That's it, then. I'm not doing the envenomation."
The Gynae was a bit bemused by the rush but had a space so in I went. This was the public system, but as the latest CT had shown some lumps and bumps on my ovaries and given the nature of my cancer they conspired to get me in as a cat 1 patient. It was a sensible decision, even if I originally made it for rather suss reasons.