Did your period come back after chemo? If so, when?

@melclarity @kezmusc I'm not expecting it back at all. I'm genuinely surprised by these signals my body is giving. The other two being a libido surge, something I've always had just before menstruating, and a headache. Forgot to mention them above. My libido has been MIA since last November...

I'm starting Letrozole on Friday. I have read (and enjoyed, kezmusc, never apologise!) your experiences on hormone therapy with interest. I'm hoping against hope I am one of the lucky ones who don't get side effects.

Apart from the loss of fitness from the six months of treatment, and the recovery from the operation, I feel so well! I've lost 25kgs, have no aches or pains, and am about to start an exercise physiology programme. These signals make me feel like a return to a semblance of normal is just around the corner! It strikes me as so cruel that in one more day I have to start taking a medication that will reduce my chances of a recurrence, potentially saving my life, but that could also significantly reduce the quality of that life. Sigh. I'll take it, I know which I choose. Fingers crossed it's not too bad.

And if Aunt Flo turns up I'll let my oncologist know...

45 at diagnosis @kmakm.  Everything ticking along like clockwork with no signs of menopause.  The first AC sure stopped that in its tracks! 
I had a set of hormone tests  just after I finished chemo and they were still showing definitely pre menopausal,  I get a few twinges here and there and think it might be starting again but nope, nothing yet. 

 So that's just on 12 months since then end of chemo.  I think the Tamoxif**k is messing with it as well.  You will probably know of my on and off relationship with this drug.  When I have  my "holiday" I could swear a little bit longer and everything would start working again.  I just get that feeling but I'm too scared to stay off it for too long.  

Seriously, it gives me shits.  Every time I hear about a recurrence even with being on these HT drugs it makes the urge stronger to give it the flick.   I want my brain back, the bone aches gone and I want my f***ing libido back.
  I so want to stay off it even though it's exactly opposite to what I should be thinking I guess. 
I would be so close to feeling 100%  normal.  I really hate being scared of my own hormones..........

Sorry for the rant but it really ticks me off.

xoxoxo

Hey Kate, my period had stopped about 5 months prior to chemo at Age 47, when I did chemo I actually got it after 1st infusion, I was horrified lol. I told my Oncologist and he said it won't last that unfortunately chemo throws you into an early menopause, which it did for me and it was harsh especially at the age I was. So don't be surprised if it doesn't return. xx 

I’m 31 and had Zoledex during chemo. I finished chemo 4th April and it seems my period is trying to come back already! I thought it’d take longer (which I didn’t mind as I can’t start “trying” til jan 2020). I’m gonna Ask my Med Onc next wk. 

I was 43. I took Tamoxifen for 5 years and had another 5 of normal cycle after I finished that before recurrence. My periods finally gave up when I got my ovaries removed in December 2016. It would seem I produce enough estrogen to power the empire and must have been one of the greatest ever contributors to the coffers of the sanitary product industry.  

How old were you @Zoffiel?

Mine came back very quickly. they never really stopped, I only missed a couple during chemo.

Hi, I was 49 at diagnosis, with no sign of menopause, except perhaps a more regular cycle???? I had 2 very light periods after starting chemo,  and never since. I had 3 monthly bloods for a year,  always in the menopausal range. I did have some post menopausal bleeding late last year, so after investigations showed a couple of minor problems,  and some more spotting a cour of months later,  my gynaecologist recommended removing tubes and ovaries.  I had that done in February,  so now I know I won't get another period  :p. One blessing out of it all.

Hope you're travelling ok