Hi,
I’m a new member here. I was diagnosed with ER positive invasive breast cancer in Sept 2024, stage 1 and grade 1. My surgeon told me to stop using HRT, so I stopped the patches, but the Mirena coil was never mentioned, so I still have it. Now panicking that this has been overlooked and wondered if anyone has a similar experience? Thank you so much!
Hi Ashburn and a very warm welcome to the online community which I hope you'll find is both an informative and supportive place to be.
I’m Anne, one of the Community Champions here on the Online Community, and I was diagnosed with breast cancer in April 2022 so know how easy it is to panic. Have you spoken to your BCNS about whether the coil needs removing?
The online community is divided into different support groups so I'm going to recommend that you join the breast cancer group, which is a great place to ask questions, share experiences and get support.
To join, just click on the link I've created and, once you've joined, you can start a new post in the same way as you did here and join in with existing conversations by clicking on 'reply'.
It would be great if you could put something about your diagnosis and treatment into your profile as it really helps others when replying to you and also when looking for someone on a similar pathway. It also means that you don't have to keep repeating yourself. To do this click on your username and then select 'Profile'. You can amend it at any time and if you're not sure what to write you can take a look at mine by clicking on my username.
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