Not all the women in my family die from ovarian cancer. My Aunt will not. I will not. I had a risk reducing salpingo-oophorectomy (tubes and ovaries) and hysterectomy in August 2012. Just to clarify, BRCA 1 does not increase the risk of cancer of the uterus. Having had abnormal paps in the past, and difficulty with progesterone in birth control pills, my doctor (a gynecologic oncologist) and I decided to remove my uterus and cervix, too. I now use an estrogen hormone replacement patch. The low dose of estrogen will not significantly increase breast cancer risk, and the estrogen is crucial for heart and bone health. Also, I did not suffer any of the usual symptoms of menopause.
Not all the women in my family die young. My maternal Great Grandmother lived to be in her mid eighties, and my Grandmother is in her nineties. Lets keep that trend going, Mom!
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