DCIS and endometriosis- HELP!!
Hi everyone, totally new to this amazing network and this whole new world of cancer & DCIS! I am looking for advice to to hear from ANYONE who may have been through something similar to what I a...
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Thanks for commenting @MicheleR 😊
basically a hysterectomy would massively help my endo, and I was looking at that before I found the lump. But the gyno wanted to leave the ovaries in, but now - who knows.
basically a hysterectomy would massively help my endo, and I was looking at that before I found the lump. But the gyno wanted to leave the ovaries in, but now - who knows.
The BC surgeon has mentioned several times that tamoxifen will force me into menopause.
I think they want radiation and the tamoxifen as they feel it’s a less brutal option for me as it’s DCIS and not invasive cancer, however I have a family history of BC and seeing they found it early they believe that taking tamoxifen longer term (5-10yrs) will stop anything in the future. But they all have said I will be back in 10 years more than likely with something else!
If I didn’t have the 20+ years of living with endometriosis I wouldn’t be questioning it. But the thought of the endo becoming worse while having other side effects is daunting.
Back off to the specialist I go!