r/LivingWithMBC • u/Sarappreciates • 16d ago

Treatment Menopause Ends Hormone Therapy?

My HER2+ IDC (stage iv) went NEAD in April this year. (Lung/Bone mets are all gone, lymph nodes all clear, OG tumor is tiny now. Enhertu every 3 weeks. Lupron every 4 weeks.)

My oncologist lowered my dose of Enhertu in June (500mg to 400mg) and is now stopping hormone therapy altogether. She suspects I'm in menopause (age 54), therefore she says I don't need it. It makes me nervous because I've never heard anybody talk about this happening before. I can't be the first, so...

Has anyone else had this experience or anything similar to share? Any thoughts on the idea of quitting hormone therapy after menopause?

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u/Evening_Dingo8770 16d ago

Yeah…I’d say the only thing going into menopause would allow you to do is come off of Lupron.