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Ovestin Cream
Hi everyone!!
I accidently sent this info to myself. So have worked out how to send it to everyone else.
I had a recent appointment with my oncologist which went well. He doesn't need to see me for 12 months. Got my repeat for Anastrozole. I mentioned the Ovestin cream which I have started using again since surgery. At a previous appointment he said it was okay to use as I use it just twice a week. He said he didn't say that. I'm positive he did.
I've stopped using it and have gone for an over the counter product he recommended. Replens. Then in the next breath he said if that doesn't work for me go back to using the Ovestin. I felt confused.
Intimacy is uncomfortable as I am dry and sore inside again. Intimacy is an important part of our relationship. Because of this I really don't want to be intimate.
I would love some feed back, please.
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Hi Barbie54 Oh dear, That is annoying that he doesn't 'remember' advising that it was OK to use Ovestin cream in small amounts - you would hardly have made it up! .... Queue 'don't forget to record your appointments on your phone' 😉. I would have delved back into mine & found it! LOL
I know the feeling well tho - I went thru early menopause & then BC some time later - but being intimate was like razor blades after menopause :( I was using HRT cream including testosterone for a while but after an abnormal breast scan result (and a callback to go to a major hospital for more scans) .... I stopped using it! The followup scans went back to 'normal' until the BC diagnosis some 5 years later! (Which had nothing to do with the HRT!)
Check out this thread - there are lots of other cream suggestions too. .... You could also ask for a 2nd opinion, too .... as even HRT cream is no longer the 'bogeyman' they'd once thought it was previously!
Vaginal dryness | BCNA Online Network(These next links are Just for reading, not advising - but Personally, I would imagine that using a SMALL amount of cream eg Ovestin (if the Replens doesn't help) on an 'as needs' basis for intimacy is totally different from taking HRT (tablet/cream/gel or patch) every day for 'overall wellness' .... )
(Copied from Websites:)
Re Vaginal Estrogen: Low-dose topical treatments applied locally do not raise systemic levels significantly and are generally not linked to increased breast cancer risk.
https://ecancer.org/en/news/27104-experts-call-for-change-of-heart-on-hormone-replacement-therapy-after-breast-cancer)A British Trial 'Meno-ABC' currently has 1200+ participants wanting to join it so far (See Instagram Discussion link down the bottom) & will start when funding is available!
NON UK Residents can register as 'observational' participants .....
https://www.londonbreastcancer.com/meno-abc-trialQuality of life is important - this trial will being done in the UK
https://www.londonbreastcancer.com/_files/ugd/62fc9b_7ffda9c6cd6c43f1af3be3b669bd95e6.pdfWas your BC low grade & found early? No progression? Read the comments on the right hand side of this announcement re the Meno-ABC trial that should start soon in the UK!
https://www.instagram.com/p/DPObdpMDSm5/Take care & all the best - I hope the Replens works - or just go back to the Ovestin, as your Onc has suggested
