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Hormone Blockers and EXTREMELY poor mental health and terrified.
Breast Cancer | Last Active: Jul 28 6:55am | Replies (27)Comment receiving replies
Hello! First of all, I’m so sorry for your pain. Both emotionally and physically. 😥 I am in a similar position, although my diagnosis was invasive as opposed to DCIS. I have also struggled with my mental health my whole life, and feel like these pills might tip me over the edge. Not to mention my body is so sensitive physically as well. I have Hashimoto’s and a methylation gene mutation.
Is your recurrence rate truly 50% without the hormone blockers? I was a little confused about that part. I don’t think you get on Oncotype with DCIS but there’s another test that they do. I know this because my cousin had it done. My recurrence rate with the hormone blockers is 5% and without it 8 to 10. I think I’m going to roll the dice for quality of life and try to do whatever else I can to mitigate recurrence. I’m meeting with a functional oncology nutritionist on Wednesday and have been moving my body a lot more. I really do wish you all the best. It’s such a horrible decision to have to make!! 🙏
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@sdbonniea123 A functional oncology nutritionist? That sounds fabulous! we sound very similar in temperament. I do not have any autoimmune issues but have had various stress related sicknesses over the years- ulcers, frozen shoulder, unexplainable rashes, just weird things when i am highly stressed. I am very intrigued by the nutrition angle and aim to clean up my diet. i have been mostly vegetarian for a long time, but its easy for highly processed foods to creep in. I want to eat a lot more raw, and since i have made this post i have grown more determined to avoid the blockers. I will not know what my stats are til i see the oncologist in a week, but i feel like i have more control than i imagine, and treatment is making strides all the time, and like you i think i will roll the dice for quality of life. This has been a massive wake up call and could lead to me being healthier than i have ever been. No room for error. I wish YOU all the best and i hope everything goes well with you. We can do this!