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Barbie54
7 hours agoMember
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...
arpie
2 hours agoMember
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-trial
Quality of life is important - this trial will being done in the UK
https://www.londonbreastcancer.com/_files/ugd/62fc9b_7ffda9c6cd6c43f1af3be3b669bd95e6.pdf
Was 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