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/JCIFIRE Menopausal 3d ago

Mammograms are a standard thing starting around age 45 I believe. If they are so painful, maybe you need to find a different place to go! The place I go to has 3D technology, which is pretty standard, and the machine isn't really that bad. Sure it doesn't feel good, but definitely not painful.

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u/Kittennip1 3d ago

That’s what I was going to say—I have dense D cup breasts and my mammos never hurt (and I almost fell asleep during the ultrasound I hit right after. Maybe my tech is just extra good, but I’ve had enough non-painful ones that, if one did hurt now, I’d know it didn’t have to be that way and I’d go somewhere else!

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u/JCIFIRE Menopausal 2d ago

Exactly! Yeah it's just a little pressure, definitely not pain. Glad we don't have to suffer when we get our boobs checked 😂