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@leeosteo Yes, bleeding in our age group is not good.
When the endometrial cancer was diagnosed by pathology my gynecologist called me as soon as he got the report and invited me to come in that day without a prior appointment to review. We live in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan and there wasn’t (and still isn’t) a surgeon who treats cases like mine. I asked for a referral to Mayo Clinic and got in to the Surgical Dept. Of Gyn-Oncology within a few days. The recommendation by the Mayo Clinic surgeon was a hysterectomy with fallopian tubes, ovaries, and cervix also resected. This all happened within 10 days of the diagnosis. After surgery, the cancer was diagnosed as endometrioid adenocarcinoma (like the original pathology) staged at 1a, FIGO Grade 1.
Like you, I have osteoporosis. I was taking Fosomax already at the time of the hysterectomy, doing weight bearing exercise and everything I could think of to preserve bone density.
Are you already seeing an endocrinologist? If so, then this is a discussion to have with that specialty in the event that you do have a hysterectomy - which I do hope will not be the case for you.
I’m very unclear on the role of the ovaries after menopause and how much estrogen is produced. Like you I have to do more research on this.
Have you found any articles you can recommend on the topic of estrogen after hysterectomy post menopause?
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Helen, did you go to the Rochester Minnesota Mayo location? That was great got in so quickly. Did your doctor recommend any type of hormone replacement after the hysterectomy.. even though your age was post menopause?
My endocrinologist appointment (for osteoporosis) is in August. I've had to wait 8 months to get this appointment. I've never seen an endocrinologist so this is new for me. My PCP referred me. I'm doing everything within my power to improve my osteoporosis prior to the appointment. Changed my diet, weight bearing exercise and a few tests that my PCP felt comfortable prescribing, e.g., 24 hr urine calcium, CBC, CMP, NTx.
I have not done any research re estrogen levels after a hysterectomy other than a few brief articles on line. The Mayo Clinic must have some information on this online? My parents went to the Mayo Clinic in AZ for over 20 years. As a result the Mayo is my primary source for all medical issues.