Femara and post menopause

You're welcome 

Thank you iserbrown for checking  :)  After being in a bit of a frazzle over it all  - I have now found out that I am post menopausal according to my blood test results  - was some confusion when it the test results were read by a nurse.  So all good  - will stay on Letrozole and soldier on.... xx

@Smellycrackle 
Hi!  Just checking on you to ask if you were able to sort out the question that you posed here with the GP and or Onc.
Hope you are travelling okay

I went down the Zoladex treatment along with Tamoxifen.  Before starting I had a vaginal ultrasound, ovaries healthy, during and after the Zoladex 26 x 4 weeks the subsequent vaginal ultrasound still comes up with ovaries healthy

I was 43 when I was first diagnosed in 2006 @Smellycrackle I had a recurrence in 2016. I never really trusted Tamoxifen; my periods resumed about 12 months after I started taking it. I was told that was 'unusual but not abnormal". Hmmm. Anyway, I took it for the recommended 5 years and suffered minimal side effects.

I'm not taking any chances this time, I had my ovaries removed between surgery and chemo (cut that pretty fine as far as timing was concerned, but it worked out ok in the end) and started Letrazole after chemo and rads last year.When I did some research into the drug and discovered I'd have to have monthly Zolodex I spat the dummy and decided that no ovaries was a good idea for a number of reasons.

 I took Letrazole for 12 of the most miserable months of my life. Just horrible, but I don't know whether to blame the chemo, the ''autopause' the AI drug, aging or just mental exhaustion.

 I switched to Anastrozole 3 months ago. I am not getting any worse, which was the thing that was stressing me out before. I'm not convinced I am getting better--its possible I'm just getting used to the new me.

Despite 18 months of no period prior breast cancer my oncologist still hormone tested me 1st. Call the  rooms of your oncologist and discuss asap. It  will still be doing something just not the full effect you need. Zolodex will sort it or switch to tamoxifen. 

@iserbrown I got Hashimoto's after my second baby.

Oh I'm much older than that and have just sailed through menopause. No real detrimental affects if I rule out Breast Cancer and hypothyroidism. ...really is crapsville

I am 51. Which is the average age of menopause for women in Australia. Wasn't there yet though!

Maybe thats were my oncologist is heading with me too then.  Thanks for your help.  Guessing you are only quite young too if you hadnt gone thru menopause already.. I was 46 at diagnosis and all was cruising along nicely....