Everyone's so different, and thank goodness for that otherwise what a boring world it would be.
With a history of breast cancer in my close family I was scared of taking HRT, which turned out to be a good decision as at the age of 47 I was diagnosed with breast cancer. The tumour was an estrogen receptor, meaning estrogen was fuelling the growth of the cancer, because of that my ovaries were removed which meant I crashed into menopause. With everything else going on, inc. chemo and radium treatment, menopause wasn't given a thought.
It's a tough decision to make for some, but personally I'm glad I didn't take it when offered, otherwise I doubt I'd be here now.
One thing I will say to you ladies (and men, they too can get breast cancer) is that you'll not always find a lump, I didn't have a lump, nor did my tumour show up on regular mammograms. Mine was found because a nipple started behaving oddly, it would get perky without the other - that's all it was. Luckily for me I was sent to the Royal Marsden where they found a 'spiders web' tumour which was pretty undetectable. If anything strange is happening to your breast, dimples forming, moles appearing or changing shape, you'll be wise to get it checked out.
Sorry, I hope I'm not lecturing, I certainly don't mean to.
It's always good to have a reminder for stuff like this, you're definitely not lecturing. My best friend, and possibly the healthiest and switched on person I know, didn't know she had breast cancer until she had a back ache, and then she woke up paralysed one morning. It was too far gone by then. 😢
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My best friend, and possibly the healthiest and switched on person I know, didn't know she had breast cancer until she had a back ache, and then she woke up paralysed one morning. It was too far gone by then. 😢