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New to osteoporosis and overwhelmed
Osteoporosis & Bone Health | Last Active: Jan 7 12:46pm | Replies (54)Comment receiving replies
As with all meds, you have to be careful. My oncologist approved transdermal hrt despite previous cancers and risk factors. And, I have several friends who have had breast cancer who continue to take hrt. Everyone is unique.
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Hi Sallyj2. Are you using the transdermal patch or are you getting a pharmacy to compound bio-identical hormones for you ? I haven’t started yet as I’m waiting for a CT scan to make sure I’m good to go from a heart perspective, but I opted for the patch as I wasn’t sure how reliable the compounding pharmacies are.
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@salyj22 some breast cancers are hormone driven (I think something like 80%) and some are not. If you have had hormone driven cancer, HRT is a terrible idea. If your cancer is hormone-negative, I don't really know and would ask my doc and research whether metastasis could switch it to hormone positive.