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Improve bone density and strength without medication?
Osteoporosis & Bone Health | Last Active: Jun 6 11:28am | Replies (177)Comment receiving replies
@pduff does the testosterone you take convert to estrogen? Also, the amount of estrogen (or progesterone) that feeds our cancers is minute, just from the adrenal glands (or maybe a little from fat) so I would be nervous about the estrogen cream. I have heard other women with cancer do that though. Maybe I am fortunate in not having a partner!
Do you think your hormone treatments were responsible for your cancer?
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From what I have read the estrogen creme I plan on getting from the doctor is low dose and since it is vagina it is not systemic to the rest of the body. I had DCIS which means cancer cells are contained and have not spread and I had stage zero grade 2 which many women who had this often just do a wait and see approach and do have have surgery. I did not require radiation or chemo after the lumpectomy and most of the cancer cells were removed when I had the biopsy done. I was on HRT for over 20 years and have no history of breast cancer in my family has I had genetic testing done. Not much of estrogen creme if used vaginally is absorbed throughout the body and at my age I don't think it matters.