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Periods returning while on Tamoxifen
Has anyone else had their periods return after thinking that chemo had put them into early menopause? I have not had a period since chemo (August, 2013) put a stop to them at the age of 47. My oncolo...
Yes, so far so good. It was the oncologist who suggested that it would be best to remove the ovaries if they have started to produce hormones again. I guess it will not make much difference to my life at this point as chemo already had this effect for almost 2 years anyway. I don't need them to be producing even a sporadic extra supply of estrogen and giving my Cancer any extra opportunity to find it! I guess it will mean that I can change to one of the aromatose drugs which do give slightly better protection than tamoxifen. But I will just have to wait till Wednesday and see what the blood test said. :)