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14 years ago

I'm thinking of not doing hormone therapy

Hello, I had a masectomy and reconstruction of my left breast one week ago, originally it was thought that it was all pre cancer, but the pathologist found a very small amount of cancer.  It is the well behaved kind my doctor said. 

The doctor has said it is very unlikely to have spread (the nodes were clear) but I will still need hormone therapy.

I am trying to weigh up in my own mind whether i should go down this path although I know it is strongly recommended by my doctor.

However even they have said it is very unlikley that it would have spread, and I don't need to do chemo. So 5 years of hormones, menopause and other side effects for the very small chance it has escaped into the blood stream.  

I haven't had children and although this is unlikely to happen now as I am 40 and recently divorced, this really puts an end to that hope altogether which was also why it was very sad for me to hear I would need it.

Is there anyone out there who has chosen to not take the hormones in a similar situation of very early cancer?  It might seem strange, but although I don't want to take the hormones, I would consider a precautionary masectomy on my other breast, but I will wait longer to see how well I recover from this one and get a clearer perspective about that. 

Thanks

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  • Hi Blue Amber, i probably cant help you as i am taking  hormone treatment, but there are plenty of women on hear that will. One of the ladies that comes to mind is  TonyaM  who stopped taking hormone treatment  early on in her treatment quite a few years ago. Her journey is very interesting and I am sure she would not mind if you contacted her on here.   Good luck with it all

    cheers Jo