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Old 02-19-2009, 11:26 AM   #2
Becky
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What bloodwork was run to determine that you are postmenopausal - just LH and FSH. Was estradiol done and was it done a couple of days in a row?

This is exactly what happened to me (and I was 46 then so a similar age). I was on Tamoxifen but knew AIs were better. I got the bloodwork done and I was in post menopausal (did not have estradial done but didn't get my menses). Switched over to Armidex and whala... started bleeding. Later I learned my estradial was above the postmenopausal level but too low to get a period. Secondly, if you google Femara and infertility, you will learn that in a pre or perimenopausal woman, it can stimulate the ovaries to induce ovulation. I too had 2 cystlike structures on my (left) ovary. The technician said the same thing to me as you were told. She also told me she thought I had ovarian activity. A month after this, I had an oophorectomy. The cysts were not cysts - they were ovulations that acted alittle weird (they filled with blood and kept filling with blood - my gyne said it was because I "awakened" and it was an abnormal ovulation and I might/might now have normalized.

My advice - talk to your medical team to get to the bottom of this. Get your estradiol levels taken a couple of times to insure post menopausal status. Get another ultrasound of the ovaries and uterus (was the lining of the uterus's thickness in the normal range)?

You need to know because if you are coming out of menopause, you are not protected by Femara so you need to think about going back on Tamoxifen, an ooph or something to silence the ovaries.

I hope this helps
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Found lump via BSE
Diagnosed 8/04 at age 45
1.9cm tumor, ER+PR-, Her2 3+(rt side)
2 micromets to sentinel node
Stage 2A
left 3mm DCIS - low grade ER+PR+Her2 neg
lumpectomies 9/7/04
4DD AC followed by 4 DD taxol
Used Leukine instead of Neulasta
35 rads on right side only
4/05 started Tamoxifen
Started Herceptin 4 months after last Taxol due to
trial results and 2005 ASCO meeting & recommendations
Oophorectomy 8/05
Started Arimidex 9/05
Finished Herceptin (16 months) 9/06
Arimidex Only
Prolia every 6 months for osteopenia

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