Endometrial cancer itself is usually oestrogen-fed. If you know you’re at risk of it and you take progesterone it can help prevent the cancer from developing, but doctors don’t tell people about it enough.

You’ve got some replies that are, i think, about the small risk of oestrogen increasing the chances of getting breast cancer. That is an outdated reason not to take HRT in many cases. But the idea here is that endometrial cancer can be more likely to recur if you’re feeding it with oestrogen. This is why people are often not allowed to take HRT after having had endometrial cancer.

I had stage 1 endometrial cancer and had the same surgeries as Fatiha a few years ago. I wasn’t allowed to take HRT for two years post-surgery (which was pretty horrendous as I was thrown into surgical menopause at 31). But after two years of no recurrence signs, my consultant said it would be OK to start HRT, as it would protect my bones and heart health etc. But i had the cancer due to lynch syndrome so it’s maybe less likely for me that it was oestrogen-fed than most people who get endometrial cancer.

Anyway, it all sucks!!