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Re: testosterone - CAN IT HELP?
I have found that testosterone cream is the ONLY thing that helped with libido. It is still working for me after several years. It works a lot better if you don't use it daily. I use it 5 days on and 2 days off-my doc said that way the receptors aren't constantly saturated. I use tiny doses; you will know if you take too much and the effects are reversible if you do. I know to back off if I get acne or become agrumentative.
Also, since my bc diagnosis, I stopped estradiol cream (the most comnmon type prescribed) and am using ESTRIOL, which is a weaker estrogen. I feel it is safer for me. It has to be compounded as there is no FDA approved product. Progesterone is a must, as it may be bc protective and has other benefits, including balancing the other hormones.
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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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