Hormone therapy

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disneyfan2008
disneyfan2008 Member Posts: 6,583 Member
in Breast Cancer #1
I have read misc times her about it...who and when or why would you need to take hormone replacement?

Denise

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  • Chickadee1955
    Chickadee1955 Member Posts: 355 Member
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    The hormone therapy usually
    The hormone therapy usually referred to on this board is really ANTI-hormone therapy. It is an adjuvant therapy that usually involves taking Femara, Tamoxifen or Arimidex for 5 years after you complete chemo, rads, etc. It essentially keeps your body as estrogen free as possible and is used when your cancer was Estrogen positive/Progesteron positive.

    Hormone replacement is adding estrogen and/or progesterone to your body after menopause or hysterectomy. Unfortunately, some of us who used hormone replacement therapy were unknowingly 'feeding' our estrogen/progesterone positive cancers in the process.

    Hope this helps.

    Chickadee
  • Chickadee1955
    Chickadee1955 Member Posts: 355 Member
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    The hormone therapy usually
    The hormone therapy usually referred to on this board is really ANTI-hormone therapy. It is an adjuvant therapy that usually involves taking Femara, Tamoxifen or Arimidex for 5 years after you complete chemo, rads, etc. It essentially keeps your body as estrogen free as possible and is used when your cancer was Estrogen positive/Progesteron positive.

    Hormone replacement is adding estrogen and/or progesterone to your body after menopause or hysterectomy. Unfortunately, some of us who used hormone replacement therapy were unknowingly 'feeding' our estrogen/progesterone positive cancers in the process.

    Hope this helps.

    Chickadee
  • Chickadee1955
    Chickadee1955 Member Posts: 355 Member
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    Chickadee1955 said:

    The hormone therapy usually
    The hormone therapy usually referred to on this board is really ANTI-hormone therapy. It is an adjuvant therapy that usually involves taking Femara, Tamoxifen or Arimidex for 5 years after you complete chemo, rads, etc. It essentially keeps your body as estrogen free as possible and is used when your cancer was Estrogen positive/Progesteron positive.

    Hormone replacement is adding estrogen and/or progesterone to your body after menopause or hysterectomy. Unfortunately, some of us who used hormone replacement therapy were unknowingly 'feeding' our estrogen/progesterone positive cancers in the process.

    Hope this helps.

    Chickadee

    By the way, Denise, I'm
    By the way, Denise, I'm headed to Disneyland next week :)

    Sorry for the double post.
  • disneyfan2008
    disneyfan2008 Member Posts: 6,583 Member
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    Chickadee1955 said:

    By the way, Denise, I'm
    By the way, Denise, I'm headed to Disneyland next week :)

    Sorry for the double post.

    chickadee
    I am sad...last year at this time I was in DISNEY World! I was sas this am when passed my fridge and Mickey pictures! I HOPE YOU have a good time..I have never been to Disney Land...some day we'll get there..we're from NY...
  • disneyfan2008
    disneyfan2008 Member Posts: 6,583 Member
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    Chickadee1955 said:

    The hormone therapy usually
    The hormone therapy usually referred to on this board is really ANTI-hormone therapy. It is an adjuvant therapy that usually involves taking Femara, Tamoxifen or Arimidex for 5 years after you complete chemo, rads, etc. It essentially keeps your body as estrogen free as possible and is used when your cancer was Estrogen positive/Progesteron positive.

    Hormone replacement is adding estrogen and/or progesterone to your body after menopause or hysterectomy. Unfortunately, some of us who used hormone replacement therapy were unknowingly 'feeding' our estrogen/progesterone positive cancers in the process.

    Hope this helps.

    Chickadee

    Thanks for info..you
    Thanks for info..you explained it very well..so I got it..
  • VickiSam
    VickiSam Member Posts: 9,079 Member
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    disneyfan2008 said:

    Thanks for info..you
    Thanks for info..you explained it very well..so I got it..

    bumping up
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  • Rague
    Rague Member Posts: 3,653 Member
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    I did HRT -
    for a VERY short time several years after I went through menopause. I had been lucky and not had the nasty problems normally associated with menopause but as I had been on the younger side (44) for a natural and have a family history of osteoporosis my PA wanted me doing it as at that time it was supposed to help ward off osteo. So I did it - for 3 months and decided that IF/WHEN osteoporosis became an issue I'd deal with it then. Being IBC and ER+, I think that it was one of the best ideas I've done - those dozen years ago. I am currently on Femara.

    Susan

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