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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I have not finished the podcast yet but as someone with DCIS, I found it kind of frustrating that it seemed to totally ignore that not everyone can take hormones. I was totally planning to take hormones but now feel like I can't. There are a lot of people who have had DCIS or breast cancer so it is not like this is super rare. Apologies if this was later in the podcast and I missed it. [/quote]

Yeah, there are some posters here who chime in as though you’re an idiot for not going the hormone route.[/quote]

Because you are. Because statistically, the risk presented to most women by heart disease so vastly exceeds the risk of breast cancer across the population that advising based on a false risk to the average woman is steeped in bad science and lies.

Who is saying that woman with any form of BC must be on hormonal medication? No one.[/quote]

I'm the DCIS poster. I would love to take hormones but can't (I'm on tamoxifen). Hearing about all the great things HRT does was depressing to me. I am more worried about osteoporosis than breast cancer so I'm running and weight training but I wish the fact that some women just can't take HRT wasn't ignored. There are a lot of us.[/quote]

I’m really sorry you’re going through this. You should be fine to take HRT after you finish endocrine therapy. There isn’t evidence to support avoiding systemic estrogen if you’re having menopausal symptoms then.

Here’s a review of the 25 studies on HRT after a breast cancer diagnosis. These findings are irrespective of er/pr tumor status:

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35594465/

I hope you can bring this article to your doctor for a convo if they’re telling you you shouldn’t/can’t have estrogen after you finish treatment. [/quote]

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