Hello

HI Michelle,

Congratulations on surviving 5 years on Zoladex/armidex.  What a marathon effort.!!

I was on zoladex / tamoxifen for 2years.  I know when I stopped i expected to feel heaps better as i had blamed most things on the zoladex.  I dont recall going backwards but things did not greatly improve when I was only taking tamoxifen.  However 6 months later I did start to feel that the fog had begun to lift.  I could actually remember number sequences and not totally blank out during a conversation.

So 12 months may seem a long time but you also had chemo (I did not) and 5 years of zoladex.  It must take a while for it all to come out of the body.

I did go to a naturopath as I was really fatigued and she said that i had very low levels of all my vitamin B's.  (That was 12 months into my treatment) I felt heaps better when the levels were back on track. I was only thinking recently that I no longer get that relly tired feeling anymore.

As far as periods are concerned- I had one in April this year (2 years after stopping zoladex)- all tests had shown I was menopausal. I turned 52 in April.  So it was a big shock to find that my ovaries were mucking up, and my lining was thickened (side effect from tamoxifen) . As I had started taking arimidex- I ended up having my ovaries out.  They wont bother me now.

Are you still taking arimidex??  If so- have you spoken to your oncologist about the periods?

Not sure if this blurb helps-it is frustrating not to feel "normal".  I am sure you will get there once all the chemicals have gone out of your system.

Best Wished

Carolyn