Guest guest Posted September 19, 2010 Report Share Posted September 19, 2010 I have had Lyme for over 20 years. I had horrendous perimenopaus symptoms and began bio identical HRTs. My doc and I both thought that since I was low in estrogen and had these symptoms, my body needed the extra hormones. My bad sympotms were beleived to be caused at least in part by Lyme. I now have breast cancer, a type that feeds on estrogen and progesterone, the bioidentical kind. If I had not used HRT's I likely would not have breast cancer.' I was diagnosed 6 weeks ago and have already had one surgery and am facing lots more bad stuff. My cancers are very " estrogen dependent " , meanign they feed on estrogen and progesterone. I would give anything to be able to go back and not have taken them. Please all you women out there, the cancer risk is real. And please, make sure to get digital mammograms. This is the newest techmology. It finds microscopic cancers, which mine was. No lumps. Would not have shown up on the old kind of machine. For me this means that it has not become 'invasive " , has not spread through my body at all so i am not facing possible death from it, though I am facing bad surgeries etc. If I had waited until I could feel something or until the old mammo machine had found the cancers, I would be facing a life threatening cancer alogn with needing chemo and surgeries. Hope this might save some of you from haviong to get cancer. LYme is bad enough. Dont add breast cancer to the list! Beth Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 19, 2010 Report Share Posted September 19, 2010 Beth, Â Thank you so much for this. My mind is now made up to not go back on HRT. I am so very sorry for your additional suffering and pain. I will hold you in my prayers and meditations. Â Hugs From: beth jarmolow <skydance2@...> Subject: [ ] HRT's and Lyme - Warnings- BREAST CANCER- I now have it Lyme Treatment Date: Sunday, September 19, 2010, 5:41 PM Â I have had Lyme for over 20 years. I had horrendous perimenopaus symptoms and began bio identical HRTs. My doc and I both thought that since I was low in estrogen and had these symptoms, my body needed the extra hormones. My bad sympotms were beleived to be caused at least in part by Lyme. I now have breast cancer, a type that feeds on estrogen and progesterone, the bioidentical kind. If I had not used HRT's I likely would not have breast cancer.' I was diagnosed 6 weeks ago and have already had one surgery and am facing lots more bad stuff. My cancers are very " estrogen dependent " , meanign they feed on estrogen and progesterone. I would give anything to be able to go back and not have taken them. Please all you women out there, the cancer risk is real. And please, make sure to get digital mammograms. This is the newest techmology. It finds microscopic cancers, which mine was. No lumps. Would not have shown up on the old kind of machine. For me this means that it has not become 'invasive " , has not spread through my body at all so i am not facing possible death from it, though I am facing bad surgeries etc. If I had waited until I could feel something or until the old mammo machine had found the cancers, I would be facing a life threatening cancer alogn with needing chemo and surgeries. Hope this might save some of you from haviong to get cancer. LYme is bad enough. Dont add breast cancer to the list! Beth Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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