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Post surgery questions

mmurcia2000
mmurcia2000 CSN Member Posts: 27
edited March 2014 in Uterine/Endometrial Cancer #1
It will be two weeks tomorrow since my surgery and I had a couple of questions that I know only you all can help with.

1. Are you on hormone replacement therapy? My doctor said that cancers have estrogen receptors so there is a slight risk when on some form of hormone replacement.

2. I had a radical hysterectomy and thus had a portion of my cervix cut. This is a sensitive question- Does this affect you sexually?

Thank you.
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  • jmnye
    jmnye CSN Member Posts: 14
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    Post surgery answers
    Hi -

    Do not ever take HRT--no matter what. Hormone replacements caused my uterine cancer.

    As for sex - yes, surgery affects the comfort level. For me, I healed nicely but still have some discomfort. The doctors says there is no reason for the pain on intercourse, but it's still there.

    Jane
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