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<blockquote data-quote="Marguerite" data-source="post: 398666" data-attributes="member: 1991"><p>On the risks of HRT, I'm fairly up to date thanks to my oncologist. He said that because I was only on HRT for 18 months, there was no link. According to the research, you have to be on HRT for five years or more before your risk of breast cancer increases. If you're concerned about the risk, then ask your doctor to organise more frequent mammograms to monitor you. Then go off the HRT when the first surge of menopause is past. </p><p></p><p>Even given that I've just had breast cancer, I still am glad of that 18 months of HRT that I had. Without it, I might have ended up with a hysterectomy. My breast tumour was hormone-receptive, but I was still producing a lot of those hormones myself anyway. The HRT provided very little more, it mostly provided a balance of hormones. Without the HRT I still would have had hormones 'feeding' the tumour, from my own body.</p><p></p><p>A short HRT course is safe.</p><p></p><p>Marg</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Marguerite, post: 398666, member: 1991"] On the risks of HRT, I'm fairly up to date thanks to my oncologist. He said that because I was only on HRT for 18 months, there was no link. According to the research, you have to be on HRT for five years or more before your risk of breast cancer increases. If you're concerned about the risk, then ask your doctor to organise more frequent mammograms to monitor you. Then go off the HRT when the first surge of menopause is past. Even given that I've just had breast cancer, I still am glad of that 18 months of HRT that I had. Without it, I might have ended up with a hysterectomy. My breast tumour was hormone-receptive, but I was still producing a lot of those hormones myself anyway. The HRT provided very little more, it mostly provided a balance of hormones. Without the HRT I still would have had hormones 'feeding' the tumour, from my own body. A short HRT course is safe. Marg [/QUOTE]
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