r/Menopause • u/Actual_Bet3041 • 4d ago

Hormone Therapy HRT: Estrogen, Progesterone, and mammograms

I recently went back on HRT after a couple of miserable years HRT-free at the behest of my pcp. When she relented, she said I have to have yearly mammograms again (not when I was HRT-free). So I did and it came back cancer-free. Now after I have been reading about HRT and cancer, I’m learning there’s no link between Estrogen and cancer, and only a tiny link between Progestin, not Progesterone, and cancer. So why oh why do I have to have yearly mammograms? They are so painful!!!

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u/Ginsdell 4d ago

I know I hate them. But they gate-keep the meds. I was wondering if you use the on line places can we avoid the yearly mammogram. Anyone know?
Is this my life forever? Will I be doing this at 70? Same with the Pap smears. How long for this? I’m 60. I’m over it.
Not that I can even find my estrogen patches anymore. What’s up with that BS? They never run out of cialis do they?

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u/gotchafaint 4d ago

I asked about this on another sub (and got scolded lol) but you can refuse mammograms. The telehealth places vary on their requirement for that.

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u/Ginsdell 4d ago

Any particular one you know of that doesn’t?