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

The other reason I'm suss is that I've had fewer hot flushes in the last few days. Does that sense, is it logical?

@"Kiwi Angel" I was about the same, I didnt put on anymore than 6kg through chemo but it never came off and has slowly crept up from there. I had to learn to walk again I was so ill and lost all muscle mass, I can walk a fair way now but after 40mins my toes are numb and ache, I can't run at all its too painful. Ohhh I laughed at your last comment, how true!!!! :D I figure that too, who cares!!! xx

@melclarity - it’s all part of the journey isn’t it. I was vegan before chemo but my body started craving meat and soft drink so I’m letting it have what it wants at the moment. I put on 5-6 kgs in the first 3 cycles but thankfully no more in between the 3rd and 4th. I’m hoping some of it is fluid. Once I steer feeling better I’ll get back into my diet but may add fish as my vitamin b had been low and I’m hoping to start yoga again in the next couple of weeks - can’t wait to start running again and normally I’m on my feet all day at work. I have had high blood pressure for a few years, had every test under the sun and my specialist couldn’t figure it out - he said I was “just weird”. Bloody cancer is a clever little thing isn’t it - still manage to produce what it needs. In the end though being alive with a couple of extra pounds is a better alternative for me than being a thin corpse. 

@"Kiwi Angel" that's exactly how I'd look at it too. I've been on meds now for 7yrs in total, so its just a part of my routine. I tell you what has made a massive difference the past 18 months is magnesium in water daily, in terms of my pain. Ohhh I have 8kg still courtesy of chemo, nothing has shifted it in 2.5yrs and ive tried everything. So am back into it all again trying to get some off. Something that has happened is Ive developed high cholesterol and that is a side effect of my medication worst luck...another thing just lately is I have high blood pressure and I have never suffered that, so we dont know why. Having to monitor it for a week and see whats happening. So I am back riding my exercise bike again and I walk about 6kms a day in my job and eating really well. We'll see if I can shift it as you say they can hide in your fat sheeeesh! it hasnt been recommended for my ovary removal, I know of people that have though. xx

@melclarity I’m putting the tablets down as the next part of the journey. The surgery and chemo is done and this is just the next hurdle. I’m going to actually speak to my oncologist about ovary removal as that combined with tamoxifen can increase the chances of it not coming back. She has tested me so we can find out if I’m pre, peri or post menopausal. It’s amazing how the body can work out ways to keep
producing all these hormone.  Have to be careful of my weight too as they can be produced in your fat. 

I was 35 and had just given birth the first time I started chemo. No period on the AC but it came back when I started 12 weekly Paclitaxel. Then it was every 28 days like clockwork after that.

@"Kiwi Angel" I really didn't have any side effects on Tamoxifen and my surgeon always asked at my yearly visit, I guess as he has more patients that do than don't. I was pre menopausal though,so I wonder if that makes a difference, I don't know. I was on tamoxifen for 4yrs but as I said, I had a recurrence and the Surgeon said throw them in the bin. That's why after chemo in 2015 they switched to a different one as he said tamoxifen didn't work for me so wouldn't put me back on it. 
I really wouldnt stress too much about it, it's a wait and see and honestly they may be really mild. x

@kmakm - it’s great that u feel so well and yah for the libido surge - make the most of that  ;). @melclarity @kezmusc I will be starting in tamoxifen sometime in the next couple of months. I’m a little apprehensive as mentioned previously when discussing this with u ladies previously I can only pray I’m one of the lucky ones. Luckily my libido is still working once I have recovered from chemo so that is something. Hope these hormone tablets done out a damper on that. I haven’t had a period in years and I was on the mini pill so will be interesting to se what my blood results say. 

Thanks @melclarity   :)

@kmakm yes I still get feelings too some months of getting my period, but it never comes. One of the things I think has contributed to my weight gain was absolutely chemo! and then thrown into menopause. I've never been this heavy and nothing shifts it in 2.5 yrs, so am getting moving again trying different things. I loved working with my exercise physiologist and highly recommend it, I worked with her prior to the reconstruction and then after, was fantastic! 

I can't put a time on it, but I have no libido problems at 2.5yrs post chemo and haven't for some time, so just give your body some time. 

I don't know Letrozole, but have been on Tamoxifen, Arimidex and now Aromasin, I had zero side effects on Tamoxifen and was pre menopausal. I have struggled with feet and joint pain on Arimidex, but the Onc took me off for 6 weeks as he said it takes that long for it to leave your system and to know if you are different or not. I was different off it, but then was put on Aromasin. I'm lucky in that I also have Prolia injections 6 monthly and for some reason that has an added guard on BC and they dont know why. Tamoxifen didnt work as I had a recurrence on it, I'm happy to just plod along, Im back at work full time this year, it is hard I admit, but this is the closest to normal I've been since 2015. Just see how you go, but you may find you have minimal side effects. xo