Any body had tubal ligation surgery for birth control after being diagnosed with Her2 positive breast cancer? I am kind of debating myself whether to have it or not. Any info will be appreciated.

Thanks,
Julie

Are you er+ ? If you are, it is often recommended to have your ovaries removed so you can take an aromataise inhibitor. AI are considered better than tamoxifan especially for her2neu, but you must be post menopausal to take them. That also solves the birth control problem!

I am not er/pr+ only her2+++ . I want to do this so that I will be eligible for the vaccine trial but concerned that the surgery trauma may increase the risk of reoccurance.

regrads,
julie

Hi, I had it done on my birthday of all day, but I never forget to have a PAP smear that way. I was all over the place with my period, chemo put me into early menopause so my doc recommended it because pregnancy was a worse risk. I must admit I felt uncomfortable for a week, when they do the surery they blow your stomach up and have a look closely at your other organs while they are there, for me they were fine. I am not hormone responsive and to take the pill was a big risk and Tamoxefin was of no use so I take Aromasin instead which works on post menopausal women. I know I have no eostrogen because when I had a PAP done it came back unsatisfactory so I had to have it redone in 6 weeks while using an eostrogen cream for a week, next time it came back OK, so in a way is was a relief to no that that there is no eostrogen for the BC to feed off, it was never an option that it may stir up the cancer and have a reoccurence. Hope this helps.

Hugs Lyn

Re: tubal ligation after diagnosed with Her2+ BC
 

Julie or Lyn, How long did you wait after chemo to have your tubal ligation? I'm considering this procedure now as well. Thanks!