Chemotherapy and Menopause
Hi all, I had four rounds of chemo from Jan to April. My period disappeared after my second chemo and hasn't come since. I am 43. Did any of you have this happen to you? If so, did the period ev...
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Hi @au0rei
As my breast cancer was hormone positive, I cannot be on hormone replacement after having my ovaries removed. My ovaries were removed so that I could further protect myself from a recurrence of the cancer by changing from one type of anti-hormone medication (Tamoxifen) to a different type (Femara or Letrozole). Femara gives a slightly better protection than Tamoxifen but you can only take Femara if you are definitely in menopause.
I was 49 when my ovaries were removed and as I had already been through chemo induced 'menopause' I did not really feel I went through anything dramatically different to what I had already experienced. I only had 3 periods between coming out of the chemo menopause and then having my ovaries removed.
xxx
As my breast cancer was hormone positive, I cannot be on hormone replacement after having my ovaries removed. My ovaries were removed so that I could further protect myself from a recurrence of the cancer by changing from one type of anti-hormone medication (Tamoxifen) to a different type (Femara or Letrozole). Femara gives a slightly better protection than Tamoxifen but you can only take Femara if you are definitely in menopause.
I was 49 when my ovaries were removed and as I had already been through chemo induced 'menopause' I did not really feel I went through anything dramatically different to what I had already experienced. I only had 3 periods between coming out of the chemo menopause and then having my ovaries removed.
xxx