Hormone therapy
Denise
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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.
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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.
Chickadee0 -
By the way, Denise, I'mChickadee1955 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 headed to Disneyland next week
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chickadeeChickadee1955 said:By the way, Denise, I'm
By the way, Denise, I'm headed to Disneyland next week
Sorry for the double post.
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...0 -
Thanks for info..youChickadee1955 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 explained it very well..so I got it..0 -
bumping updisneyfan2008 said:Thanks for info..you
Thanks for info..you explained it very well..so I got it..
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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.
Susan0
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