BRCA1 and hormonotherapy

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Daudine
Daudine Member Posts: 221
edited March 2021 in Hormonal Therapy - Before, During, and After

I have no cancer but I chose to have an ovariectomy and a prophylactic bilateral mastectomy last year at 37. I am BRCA1 positive and lost my mother and 2 aunts to BC.

I am all confused now. I just saw a gynecologist yesterday who specialyses in menopause and she prescribed estogen and progesteron (hormonotherapy). I was told by my oncosurgeon who did my PBM that hormones were very dangerous for me. 

The gyn explained that recent studies show that premenopausal women who are deprived of hormones for a number of years before menopause tend to suffer from Alzheimer, Parkinson, heart problem, immune systeme diseases at early age.

Anybody here BRCA1 and taking hormones!?

Thank you,

Claudine

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  • Amazonka
    Amazonka Member Posts: 3
    edited March 2021

    Hi Daudine, I was diagnosed with triple neg BC BRCA2 pos. Had bilateral mastectomy in 2015 and now dr wants me to remove ovaries. Since I had non hormonal BC dr said she can prescribe for me hormons to support after ovariectomy. Maybe that is why Your dr wants to give You hormons.

    How was the recovery after ovariectomy. I am affraid of that sx.

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