I just had my annual exam and my doctor said there was definitely vaginal stenosis and we discussed what to do from here, and this doctor is not a gynecologist.. i will be seeing one in a couple months (earliest i could get in) and he seemed to think if i take HRT even in the form of a cream that i am increasing my chances for more cancers... so i said i would go home and think about it for awhile..
i found this article tonight and read some others and from what i got from them is that a person should probably have HRT until about age 52 if they are young at menopause.. and i had never thought about this before but if i had not had the radiation, my body would still be producing estrogen and progesterin anyway.. so what would be the difference if i used the premarin cream or produced it myself? is it because the cream is manmade? and there was some comment in the articles i read about how if a person still had a uterus that you still need to do the HRT to avoid increasing endometrial cancer...i just don't know what to do.. i know we have discussed some of this here before..and know some of you have used the estrogen creams...what were your deciding factors? Are there any specific things your doctosr said that convinced you? Are there any studies you read? i am going back down to mayo in july for my check up with the rectal surgeon and my colonoscopy and i was thinking of making an appt with a gynecology specialist down there but i looked through all their docs and don't see one that specializes in post radiation issues or stenosis.. do these doctors exist?
here is that article and is very interesting!! i did notice this doctor has her email on the article..do you think a doctor would ever answer general questions on a subject like this via email? Don't quit reading when you get to the references section.. there is more after that
http://www.communityoncology.net/journa ... 10665.html