Taking Birth Control/Hormone medication

How old are you? Your doctor will probably not prescribe birth control for you ever again, since you were hormonally positive. Will you be taking an anti hormonal - Tamoxifen, etc.? As for the acne, a good esthetician and dermatologist can help solve those issues directly. Hair loss can be treated by other meds. Check out my new thread on what we can do for our hair while taking anti hormonals. When did you have surgery and are you scheduled for any other treatments?

Chloe, Before breast cancer I used the pill for many years because of heavy heavy periods, ovarian cysts, and serious cramping. My gynecologist told me that the birth control pill will be forever off the table as an option for me because of my bc diagnosis. However, at my last appointment we had a good discussion about how to handle my periods (which we expect to resume soon). I was honest with her about my concerns about managing them without the pill. For birth control a non-hormonal IUD is pretty much the only non-surgical option. But my doctor did tell me that rarely she will recommend (with an oncologists concurrence) a low dose hormonal IUD to be placed if a woman's period is causing health problems that can't be addressed in another way (too heavy, etc). She said she prefers never to use hormonal birth control in breast cancer patients but that sometimes the benefits/risks of other health problems have to be weighed. The low dose IUD, I think it was called Skyla--maybe.., uses much lower amounts of hormones than the pill so it's a better choice if one absolutely has to be on hormonal birth control and only as a last resort. Anyway, I'd suggest you talk to a gynecologist who has experience in working with breast cancer patients and also I second the recommendation to see a dermatologist for the acne and hair loss--this is their area of expertise!