i am getting a hysterectomy to avoid ovarain cancer, do i have to continue with the tamoxifen?

Question

i already went through chemo and radiation, and am getting the hysterectomy to avoid ovarian cancer and because i am already going through menopause

Answer 1

I'm not clear on what you are asking, first, did you have uterine cancer? or you had ovarian cancer and had treatment and want to be sure it won't return? Alot of the female cancers are interconnected, I would be concerned about breast cancer too, so the tamoxifen might be a good idea to take.

Answer 2

Hi. I was on Tamoxifen and was worried to death about it causing ovarian cancer so I had a hysterectomy so that I would not have to take it. Tamoxifen is for pre-menopausal women so they would take you off of it. After my hysterectomy they put me on Arimidex that is like tamoxifen (as far as how it helps) but it doesn't have as many bad side effects. Your onc will likely put you on something to make sure that you don't have any bone loss like Fosamax because the Arimidex (or other treatment) shuts down remaining estrogen production and could speed bone loss. The reason your onc will likely put you on something else after your hysterectomy is because even after the loss of your ovaries, you still produce some estrogen by a gland in your body. It accounts for about 20% of the estrogen produced by your body. The medicine will work on that other 20%. Good Luck to you. By the way, menopause caused by the hysterectomy is way way way more easier than the menopause caused by Tamoxifen, I have found.

Answer 3

If cancer of the reproductive organs became prevalent to be on your relatives and also you had a good chance of having the cancer and absence of life from it, you does not have a hysterectomy? dogs are thoroughly different than human beings besides, that is not as undemanding to easily shoot a dogs up with chemo or placed radiation seeds in that is abdomen.

Answer 4

Sounds like you need to talk with your Oncologist. Tamoxifen is used for breast cancer...not ovarian.

Answer 5

I don't have an answer for you on your meds thats a conversation you will need to have with your doctor who knows you not us, we're total strangers.

But I do want to offer you my prayers and best wishes. I know what an uphill and exhausting battle you are going thru - my mother went thru it herself.

Here's an article about Licorice and how it helps to fight cancer. Maybe you will find it useful. (After seeing what my mother went thru I would rather try licorice than chemo).
http://www.newstarget.com/000662.html