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Mary
I am ER+ (50%) but PR neg. I just turned 47 but when my menses returned (but bloodwork said I was postmenopausal), I had my ovaries removed so I could stay on Arimidex (with Herceptin) which is a good combination.
I have had relatively little problems with this. Some hot flashes. I did have the postmenopausal side effect of getting 2 bladder infections in a row coupled with a ping pong effect of getting vaginal infections too. But I had one in November and the second in January and I have been good since then (had the ovaries removed at the end of Aug). I have not lost my libido nor have I gained any extra weight. I still feel like myself. I am happy to get the ovaries out because my paternal grandmother died of ovarian cancer (and this kind of cancer is not as survivable as breast cancer is) so I would do it in a flash again.
I was not BRCA 1 or 2 ("no mutations found") but there are many of us on my mom's side (including my mom who is a survivor) so there is something going on but not those 2 genes.
Good luck in your decision and have a nice weekend.
Becky
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