News and research on Ovca

Just to let you know that I had my check up yesterday - it's a year since my first one and I was very very nervous. So much so I went a bit manic in the garden and over did it a bit!!

Anyway - the appointment went really well, so much so that the doc got a bit over excited and said that I should start coming every 6 months instead of 3. He then backed tracked so I DO have to go back in 3 months but then it will probably move to 6.

Am very pleased - apparently I'm exceeding all expectation! It would be lovely to be told I'm in remission though - still not heard that.

Also was on BBC 24 this morning being interviewed about HRT and the new study that says there's a risk of ovarian cancer. Was a very surreal experience as was in a box like a photo booth talking to a camera and a disembodied voice in another part of London!

I'd posted this on Jo's and then got a call call that ANOTHER news programme wanted to speak to me so I was just on the early evening ITN news bulletin!! It's been fun and tiring. There's a lot in the press about it but more info is here http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/6567847.stm

For the record, I was talking in favour of HRT, and for me the benefits outweighing the risks right now.

This is one of the reports that I was in - very briefly!

http://itn.co.uk/tags/hrt.html

Hi Zoe

That makes very interesting reading and also is extremely scary. I would love to know, and i never see this in any research, what kind of doses of HRT are they talking about. For instance i use the everol 25 patch and i change it every 10-12 days. It just seems to stop the atrophy, which i suffer from, under control. Im seeing my oncologist in a couple of weeks so i obviously will discuss it with him.

You are doing very well in the media?! How has this come about?

Love
Sheila

Glad you're doing well.