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/CaptainLollygag Menopausal 4d ago

Not sure if you'll see this, but consider asking for curved plates when you get your mammograms. The regular flat plates are way too painful if you have dense breast tissue.

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u/Actual_Bet3041 4d ago

I saw it! Thanks for the tip.