On 4/28/2008 freeatlast wrote:
hello all, i need some advice , i had ovarian cancer , it was called adult granulosa cell tumor, not sure i spelled that right . any how i am cancer free which is great news. i am on arimidex, which causes hot flashes also had a complete hysterectomy, i have had hot flashes so bad i am not able to sleep at night . i cant get no sleep i was wondering if there was any one out there that had the same problems if so wht if any thing can i tk im not on any estrigen replacemnt and cant be cause of the kinda cancer i had any advice would be good , ok and here goes question number 2 being that i dont have any overies i get real dry [vaginal] my doctor says use a lub, i have tryed that but either dont like it or it dosent work , i keep thinking there has to be somthing out there to help me somthing i am missing so i have just started to use wht they call replens with out estergen so im not sure yet but if any one eles has any other surgestions id like to hear about them thanks so so much
Hi - just read your message. I had granulosa cell too, and my doctor has me on estrogen. I read that you dont take estrogen due to the type of cancer....I'm confused and should I NOT be on estrogen? I too had a total hyst. Please advise!! Thank you SusieB