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[Northstar]

Is there anyone out there that has been prescribed HRT who has a family history of breast cancer?

I have had multiple GP appointments about perimenopause symptoms and at the moment they won’t prescribe me HRT because my father had breast cancer and so I automatically get categorised as moderate risk of breast cancer.

I’m interested to know if other people’s GPs have prescribed HRT in my scenario?

[CLKD]

Your GP has to allow you to have a Quality of Life.  I would ring and ask for an appt. to a dedicated menopause clinic where you should be told the exact risks.  There is a school of thought that women who have undergone treatment for breast disease should be allowed to use HRT.  After all, that bus might be along B4 a regime triggers cancer.

It HRT is that dangerous we should be advised to have bilateral mastectomy rather than not using HRT.  I wonder how often HRT triggers breast disease?

[Taz2]

If your dad had breast cancer then I think you should have been given genetic testing according to this info https://www.cancerresearchuk.org/about-cancer/breast-cancer/risks-causes/family-history-and-inherited-genes

Have you had any testing done?

Taz x

[Northstar]

Thank you for your replies .

I was referred to the genetics clinic and they decided not to test as I think you have to have more than one family member with breast cancer to be tested. Instead I have had an annual mammogram and was discharged from the genetics clinic.

I think they still say you are moderate risk if you have a family history without testing positive for BRCA1 /2.

Is it possible to go to a menopause specialist on NHS? I am considering going private.

[Taz2]

It's more than one if the relatives are females but only one if the first degree relative is male. This is explained in the link I posted. 

[sheila99]

You can getca referral to an NHS menopause clinic but in many areas there's a long wait. Is it possible to privatevgenetic testing?