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Re: Ovaries are being retired...chemically. Need advice
circling back here. I have been on Zoladex for two months and they are letting me off the hook. I know longer have to take it. Within three weeks of receiving my first dose I gained 10 pounds of water weight and then an additional 6 pounds 2 weeks after the second dose. I lost 50% of my hair and got menopausal achne. I am a site for sore eyes. Fat, bald and a face full of zits. And let's not talk about the fatigue. Ugh
So my Oncologist and I had a frank discussion. They ran tests on my estradiol levels before I got Zoladex and I was Perimenopausal. I have not had a period since I finished treatment. ANd my tumor was only 10% ER positive. WHat he told me was that the SOFT trial measured the combo of ovary supression and hormone supression in women in their early twenties to women at 35. I was 37 when I was diagnosed and what he also said was that the study showed great results for those that had estrogen raging through their bodies. Women that were having their periods normally or that were at an age where they naturally had a healthy flow of estrogen in their bodies. So I no longer have to do the shots. But at the age of 45 I will be having a complete hysterectomy and oopherectomy. Now I have to start losing this weight, load up on Biotin and go get some intense facials.
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DX 10/2011
PET Scan + MRI 10/2011
Lumpectomy 11/11/11
Stage 2B +++ ER+(10%), PR+(5%), HER2+++(1 positive node, 1 micromets to second node)
AC started 12/2011 ended 1/2012
Taxol + Herceptin weekly for 12 weeks ended 4/2012
30 zaps of radiation done 6/2012
Tamoxifen 6/2012
every 3 weeks of Herceptin for another year.
Metformin Trial 8/12
10/12 MRI- CLEAR
01/13 BRAIN MRI- CLEAR!
01/13 Neck MRI- CLEAR!
FINISHED HERCEPTIN 1/9/2013...Woot Woot
Starting Walter Reed Vaccine Trial 2/13
CT Scans + ultrasound of abdomen CLEAR-5/13
02/2015 through 11/2015 emergency D&Cs for Tamoxifen induced uterine polyps which caused uncontrollable hemorrhaging
12/2015 blood clot to left leg caused by Tamoxifen. No longer taking it. On Xarelto, a blood thinner
12/2015 Ablation to prevent hemorrhaging from potential issues with Tamoxifen residue in my system
1/2016 continuing journey without hormonal therapy. Reevaluating the option of a hysterectomy and oopherectomy.
4/1/2018 2mm stroke. Yes, stroke! No cause ever found but they believe it was a migraine that went bonkers and created a tiny clot. No deficits. I was back to normal with 24hrs. Now on baby aspirin for life.
7/27/2018 hysterectomy and oopherectomy
01/07/2019 Mastectomy and expanders put in
3/22/2019 Vtach, almost died. Cause unknown.
7/22/2019 New perky boobs put in
7/21/2020 Off of all drugs but a baby aspirin because of the stroke in 2018.
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8 YEARS NED
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