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My wife is post breast cancer treatment including ovary removal. 12 years out. She was stage 2. But now cancer free, almost no estrogen. Comes with all of the symptoms. Oncologist says no estrogen therapy and gyno says no to test. No real reason. But gyno RXed low level vaginal cream. Looking for advice for her. Does female TRT with and AI sound like something she should have asked for? Something else? She has no libido. She has to be drunk to even feel like having sex.
AlphaMD's Answer
Sorry you and your wife have had to go through this ordeal. To answer your question, it is fairly common for oncologists to have fear of estrogen or testosterone (which becomes estrogen) after any hormone sensitive gynecological cancer.
Stage 2 cancer means that it was detected in the adjacent lymph nodes, but nowhere else. If the surgeons were good, and got all potential cancerous tissues out, then there is no risk of adding either estrogen or testosterone. Obviously her gynecologist feels that the risk is low enough that your wife was prescribed some estrogen.If the risk is low enough to get prescribed estrogen, then the risk is low enough that she can also have testosterone.
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