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Mirena IUD and hormone +Ve breast cancer
Hi everyone. Just wanted to know if there were any similar cases to mine. I had a mammogram and ultrasound for an unrelated issue in 2012, both tests being clear. I was diagnosed with ductal ectasia (...
It's one of those things we would never know. Mirena is a progesterone producing product so it could effect growth if you had a PR+ cancer also. My breast cancer wasn't picked up in a mammogram 5 weeks before I felt a lump. it was probably there, in fact probably for years as dcis, just not detected in annual mammograms due to my breast density. I figure we just can't really know anything for sure, and it can be exhausting worrying over something we can't change or even know for sure. I use the saying "eyes forward" it's what we do now that matters. Take care. Kath x