My wife had her ovaries removed in October, due to metastatic cancer from her gall bladder. Since she is going through chemotherapy with a mediport in her chest, the doctor said "ABSOLUTELY NOT!" to HRT. Major threat of clotting, like 40-60% chance. He did, however recommend herbal approaches. She has been taking Estroven (I think that's how it's spelled), an herbal menopause supplement. The hot flashes have all but disappeared and she's not really showing much in the way of mood swings either.

BTW, the prognosis is very good after the 6 months of chemo are up.

P.S. Spaw, I nearly spit hot cocoa all over my screen!

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