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Re: Vaginal Estriol Cream
ESTRIOL vaginal cream is not the same as ESTRADIOL cream. Estriol can be obtained with your doctor's Rx from a compounding pharmacy. The standard warnings are attached to all estrogen products although those relating to breast cancer really are only pertinent to estradiol, which stimulates breast cell growth. Estriol has not been found to stiulate breast tissue and so theoretically at least it should be much safer than estradiol for bc survivors. This is,, of course controversial, especially among docs who don't bother to differentiate between different estrogens but lump them all together. Estriol cream has been really helpful for me for vaginal problems. You can monitor your levels with lab testing and prove to yourself it isn't absorbed systemically. With my history I feel quite safe using this product and my doctor monitor me closely but it's a very personal choice.
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IDC 6 mm l.b. 3/08 age 49; ER <1%+; PR -; KI67 40%; HER2 +++by FISH; lumpectomy/snb 4/08; extensive dcis found at surgery (didn't show in bx or mammo); micromet in sn; MRI breasts and chest 4/08-NED; re-excision l.b. 5/08; refused axillary node dissection; no ca found in re-excision tissue. TCH q 3 wk x 6 finished 10/08; whole breast rad x 7 wk finished 12/08; refused axillary and supraclavicular rad. Herceptin thru 6/09. Refused tamoxifen & aromatase inhibitors.
1/13 so far so good:-) have vestibular hypofunction from chemo but its all good since now officially on borrowed time!
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