Apparently not me! Because my type of tumors are over 90% estrogen receptor positive, that means they are being fed and fueled mainly by the estrogen my body is producing. So we need to cut off their fuel supply. Combine that with the fact that because the BRCA2 gene also puts me at high risk for ovarian cancer they highly recommend that I do a complete hysterectomy and remove all my parts. So take the boobs, take the uterus, take the ovaries....Might be changing my name to Bruce Jenner..oh excuse me, Caitlyn Jenner. Definitely feel like women just lacking all the parts:)
It had been a couple of years since I had a full physical so they wanted me to have that done before starting chemo. If they were not happy with the way the ovaries looked they would remove them before starting chemo. If they looked ok...we would do the chemo first and tackle that part after.
So I went and had my physical done and then had an ultrasound done of my ovaries. They did find a fairly decent sized cyst on my right ovary but are comfortable enough with the way it looks that they want to go ahead and do the chemo and radiation first and then when that is all done we will tackle the hysterectomy.
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