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...
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I chose to have my ovaries removed rather than have the monthly injections. I am legally blind and so cannot drive - so for me, it was not as simple as jumping into a car and heading off to my GP once a month. The injections were taking a bigger chuck out of my day and one day, I ended up spending 90 minutes at the GP just to get the injection. And that was it. I figured it out - if I am to have the Zoladex injections for 10 years... it’s going to really add up.
So I opted to remove my ovaries. I went into the hospital at 8am, home by 12pm and now I don’t have to worry about anything.
just so that you know - if you have a hysterectomy, you have a greater chance of prolapses. If you have a prolapse of any sort, the surgeon can use your uterus to ‘anchor’ a sling but if you don’t have a uterus, it makes things a bit more complicated, treatment wise.
just so that you know - if you have a hysterectomy, you have a greater chance of prolapses. If you have a prolapse of any sort, the surgeon can use your uterus to ‘anchor’ a sling but if you don’t have a uterus, it makes things a bit more complicated, treatment wise.