hysterectomy
Hi, I had bilateral breast cancer and just had my first annual check up and was lucky to get the all clear. As you all know its a harrowing 12 months with surgery, chemo and radiation. I was just st...
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Following on from my 2nd breast cancer diagnosis in 2007, I visited my gyno as I was concerned following my Mum's breast cancer diagnosis after me. I had had some residual pain in my lower right area, near my ovaries. We erred on the side of caution and even though I had previously been through several surgeries in 4 years, I decided to have my ovaries removed. In the follow up appointment with my gyno, the nice glossy photos showed several lumps and in my surgeon's words "potential to get nasty - I am glad we removed them". This however did not stop the secondaries in my bones but I do know a lady who did not have her ovaries removed and she has secondaries in her bones (following mastectomy) and now in her ovaries.
Only you can make that decision, along with guidance and expert opinion from gyno oncologist as suggested by @primek.