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KimH
11 years agoMember
Off to Melbourne for the day to see Dr Kate Stern
Hi all
I'm off to see Dr Kate Stern next Tuesday for her opinion.
Lots of questions for her!
Should I change from Zoladex to Tamoxifen, and if so, will I produce eggs for harvest?
What is her...
KimH
11 years agoMember
Well I like Dr Stern. She's going to write to my oncologist and discuss two months of tamoxifen and no Zoladex during that time to assess my ovarian function, and potentially one more round of egg collection. She will get his opinion on my level of risk, and also recommend another oncologist in Melbourne who can give a second (potentially the same) opinion. She debunked my last fertility specialist's assessment that I have no good eggs left because of chemo. I have an 80% chance that there will be some ovarian function, just not much time left to work that out because menopause is brought on earlier 7-10 years than I would have because of the chemo.
Then regardless, I'm having my eggs transferred to Melbourne to turn into embryos and refrozen before they find a surrogate in Canada or USA. I'm having a phone appointment with her to discuss on 18th September :)