Ovaries removal
Hi ladies well 3 weeks in to my radiation this week i loath the fatigue.. I had my appointment with gyno and sent my forms off to hospital for ovary removal I'm doing this to get rid of the majority ...
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I did it just before Xmas and started chemo two weeks later. I was 53 and peri menopausal. I was stuck in nowhere land waiting for a seroma to stop draining so thought I'd get it over and done with rather than waiting until after radiotherapy.
My rationale was that:
a) It got rid of heaps of pesky oestrogen. Though not all of it, pays to remember that.
b) If they weren't there I didn't have to worry about them exploding
c) It will simplify my upcoming hormone therapy as I won't need Zolodex to menopause me.
Both my oncologist and gyno warned me that I would be parachuted straight into full on menopause but I figured it was worth it. My oncologist, who I'm becoming quite fond of, ended up saying, 'Oh well, you might as well feel terrible all at the same time.'
I haven't really noticed much difference, but then I am having chemo so you'd have to wonder how much more horrible the lack of ovaries is actually making things. Not much, I expect.