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Sheera
5 years agoMember
Ovary shutdown medical surgical or not?
Hi everyone, Diagnosed last year with ER positive bc. T1 but grade 3 so lumpectomy, chemo followed by radiotherapy. Got through everything pretty well. Some side effects but most are gone. Got my per...
FLClover
5 years agoMember
Yes, that might be a good idea @Sheera.
I decided not to have chemo, so my onco wanted to put me on the strongest hormone blocker, which is Letrozole. However, Letrozole can only be taken by post menopausal women, hence the Zoladex to put me in menopause as I’m 40. I got tested for the BRCA gene and didn’t have it, so there was no mention of having my ovaries removed, which im actually happy about.