Hormone therapy

disneyfan2008

I have read misc times her about it...who and when or why would you need to take hormone replacement?

Denise

Chickadee1955

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

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 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

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

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

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

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