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Reaching out to anyone who has PMDD (Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder) How has BC affected your PMDD?
Hi all. I am reaching out to anyone who has PMDD (Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder) and who has BC. I suffer from this horrible disorder and was hoping to find a fellow PMDD sufferer with BC. How have treatments, chemo and hormone suppression affected your PMDD? Thanks <3
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Interesting article about menopause & the workplace
https://www.theage.com.au/lifestyle/life-and-relationships/the-silent-career-killer-for-women-20180716-p4zrpk.html
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My first Gyno visit. What happens?
Hi ladies I have to see a gynocologist today to sort out my endometrium polyp - good times - and I have never been to one before. Shameful I know. At my age I should know better *hides under blanket* What happens when you first go in and meet the gyno? Is it a quick hello and then you get probed and prodded? Or is the…
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Did your period come back after chemo? If so, when?
Hi. I'm interested in hearing about other womens' experiences in this area. I'm 51 and was still getting my period when I was diagnosed early last December. Definitely peri-menopausal though, I missed two last year prior to BC. I reckon the shock and stress knocked out December's period and by January I was having chemo.…
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Femara and post menopause
I have been on Letrozole also known as Femara since last April. This only work if you are post menopausal only (from what I have read). My cycles finished after my 2nd Chemo - so back in December 2016, and they have not returned. I have had a hormonal blood test and my results come back as NOT post menopausal. I am…
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Any positives to hot flushes?
I've got one. When it's cold at night and you need to get up to pee, wait until a hot flush comes along and ride that mo fo all the way to the loo...
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Pillow Talk
Having had my trusty Denton's Low Profile pillow for 7 years it is beginning to suffer the results of hot flushes etc and I am in a bad place with sleeping. I have had the same pillow since they came on the market about 18 (?) years ago and have had no complaints. Went to buy a new one but find they have changed the design…
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Menopause supplement ? after Breast Cancer and Hysterectomy
Hello everyone, I am a breast cancer survivor of nearly 6 years now.. 2 DCIS removed along with a double mastectomy, no lymph nodes removed, and only radiation treatment.. not on any medication and am cancer free. I've had a full hysterectomy with ovaries removed and I am now 3 weeks post op. I had bad endometriosis…