Hi Barbie,
I think I read on the other thread that you'd posted on that you've been diagnosed with DCIS? I'm so sorry to read that and just want to say to you (and the OP of that thread, sorry forgotten her name!) that I'm 4.5 years down the track from it now and none the worse for the whole experience thankfully.
To be honest, I distinctly got the impression that oncologists don't even really consider DCIS to be cancer although obviously they treat it as such - this was certainly how it seemed in my particular case anyway. Although the initial shock of mammogram recalls etc is a lot to deal with emotionally, for me personally I found all of the treatment (WLE and radiotherapy) bearable and easy enough to move on from afterwards. As racjen says (sorry to read of your experience too racjen) if the cancer isn't hormone driven (I don't believe DCIS usually is but don't quote me on that!) I don't think you do have to come off HRT. I wasn't on it when I was going through it, and didn't expect to be prescribed it, but was OVER THE MOON when I was, as it's given me back most of 'me' - thankfully. Please feel free to ask me any questions (although I'm no expert) but can empathise with where you're at at the moment. Best wishes 😊