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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]There’s also removing the Fallopian tubes to reduce ovarian cancer risk. https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/health/treatment-tests-and-therapies/salpingectomy

I asked about this since I have PCOS and history of complex cysts, I worry about ovarian cancer. my OB was supportive about tubal removal, I asked to have it done during my last birth (planned C). Insurance wouldn’t pay for it at the same time as a C-section bc of unspecified risks but would pay if I went back separately.  So that is kind of disappointing.

Anyone out here  had a salpingectomy for preventative reasons? [/quote]

My SIL is BRCA positive and had her tubes removed preventatively in addition to a mastectomy. But then a few years later she had her ovaries out as well. I’m not close with her so I don’t know the reason why it was spaced out like that. [/quote]

Probably because a mastectomy is a big surgery. Did she just have her tubes removed or did she have her ovaries removed? Ovary removal is also a big surgery in terms of outcome as it is pretty dramatic to immediately enter menopause. [/quote]

What I meant is, she got rid of the tubes and then a few years later her ovaries. That’s what I didn’t quite get  - why do it in two steps instead of one - maybe there was a reason to keep the ovaries a few more years. Mastectomy was a separate surgery so she’s had 3 total and if definitely makes sense as a separate step. [/quote]

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