Hello there
Im looking for your advice plz, my wife has been diagnosed with brest cancer and she was treated well. But her doctor says that she can develop ovaries cancer so he recommends to remove them because there is no way to take a clear scan for the ovaries.
My questions are?
Anyone has an experience with ovaries removed?
Is there anyway to take scan for them and then we can see if any changes happen just like MRI ...... and else?
Best wishes
Hayder
Hi there
Glad to hear your wife has been treated and recovering well I hope.
I had my ovaries removed in May this year, I was diagnosed and treated for breast cancer 3 years ago and the reason I needed my ovaries removed is because of one of the medications (tamoxifen) which I had been taking for 2 years had caused a pre cancer condition of the uterus but also a large cyst on one ovary.
Not sure where abouts you live, but where I am, a scan can clearly see the condition of the ovaries which is what I had and was found my cyst wasn't cancerous.
How old is your wife?
It is a big decision to have them removed when young, I'm in my 30s so its early for me and I have to have bone density scans to make sure bones aren't thinning. I have hot flushes, especially at night and I have a foggy brain at times!!
I suggest you get a second opinion, mine wasn't done lightly and its still early days but feel it was the right thing for me.
I wish you both well.
Dear Cazlav
Thank you so much for your reply.
My wife currently taking Zoladex injections and aromatase inhibitor to stop estrogen so she has some of your side effects already.
I was in Australia and now I'm back to Iraq and she is 30 years old but we are lucky we have two lovely kids.
Our doctor in Australia said that there are no scan for ovaries. But you mentioned that you have scan, can you tell me which type of scan you had?
Yes I had several different scans. First of all I had an ultrasound which showed the cyst but wasn't able to see exactly what it consisted of so I then had a hysteroscopy which involves a small camera (hysterscope) being inserted and there was a monitor that I could see and as you can imagine, the doc then sees everything, any issues etc..and can also use the hysterscope to take samples.
I also had an MRI of my abdomen, so it was all very thorough.
Before my ovaries were removed I too experienced the side effects of tamoxifen which inhibits estrogen production, but this is another level.
Thanks for your information, i will check the best option for her.
Best wishes for you and hope you will be well always 🙂