Lara Briden's Forum

I got approval from my oncologist to try 200 mg Prometrium daily instead of Megace (Progestin) after two years free of endometrial cancer (see post Prometrium vs Progestin for Endometrial Cancer) and a recent biopsy that showed no thickening of the endometrium, and no pre-cancer cells. I had been ta...

Hi there, I'm thinking of you through your process. The dose of progestin (megestrol) that I was prescribed was 160 mg daily. I reduced that dose within the first year (with agreement from my oncologist) to 80 mg daily for 3 weeks and then I take a week off per month in the hopes that my body will s...

Also, I should note that as of over a year ago, no cancer was detected in a biopsy and no tumor with an MRI, so either my lifestyle or the progestin or both have been working! I did have extremely scary heavy periods in the time leading up to the diagnosis, (and had just left an abusive relationship...

Hello everyone. I am 47yo and 3 years ago I was diagnosed with Stage 1a endometrial cancer. I refused a hysterectomy since the tumor was small and contained, so instead my oncologist prescribed megestrol, a progestin. I have been taking this for 3 years, and my oncologist wants to keep me on it unti...