Feeling good!
Well I'm feeling pretty good again and have my old energy levels back, so I was very surprised when my oncologist told me on Thursday that I am now in menopause! I thought I would be feeling worse tha...
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The whole thing about having my ovaries removed came up because I have had two eostrogen positive cancers 9 years apart, despite having tamoxifen for five years between the two cancers. My eostrogen has been super high for ages and was giving me heavy periods that made me anaemic and uterine polyps that had to be removed twice. Because my two cancers were at ages 34 and 43, my oncologist wanted to get my eostrogen levels down dramatically and she doesn't know if my chemo induced menopause will be permanent. Hence my ovaries need to go. It never would have been an issue if I hadn't got breast cancer the second time. I think my oncologist thought I needed something drastic to try and prevent a third cancer. I hope my explanation makes sense. All the best xx Jane