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Hormone Replacement Therapy?
Hi all — I’ve been reading a recent research- esp. from the US, including the book Estrogen Matters, which questions the idea that women with breast cancer should automatically avoid Hormone Replacem...
Check your Biopsy results, Shae ..... if your diagnosis was ER/Pr+ ... that means your Breast Cancer was being 'fed' by Oestrogen & Progesterone (the hormones that are in HRT.)
This is why Hormone Suppressing meds (AIs) are suggested after surgery.
I was on HRT when I had my FIRST Mammogram 'call back'. It had made my breast VERY lumpy and they had difficulty reading the Mammogram. As a result of that experience, I stopped taking it.
About 10 years later, I was diagnosed with Breast Cancer. It was missed by BreastScreen NSW - & only picked up by my GP when she did a random 'boob check' on me & she felt it. (It was just months after the 'clear' BreastScreen mammogram.)
Ask your Oncs about it this week when you see them. Be guided by them
take care & all the best