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Re: Did chemo put you into menopause?
I was 34 dx and I had my first AC tx and then I never got my period back until a year and a half. My doctor kept telling me after the year mark, if you haven't had it already, you probably won't get it back, but I did. It was very heavy the first 2 and I have been charting them since (November 2009). They are all over the place, except for the past 5 months, they have been about 30 days between each (give or take). I was always a 28 day cycle, so its interesting the difference. And they are much, much lighter! I hope this helps. I will have been on Tamoxifen for 3 years this November.
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Jan '07 felt lump (PCP "thought" it was a cyst)
Nov '07 "bloody nipple discharge" (OB-GYN "thought" I had fibrocystic breasts and told me to take 400 IU's of Vitamin E)
Note: Mother was dx w/BC in 2004 (ER/PR+ & HER2+) & mets to brain April 2007 (she passed away June 17, 2008)
2/1/08: Biopsy Dx: DCIS (age 34)
2/22/08: Surgery R-side Mast
2/28/08: 1st Path Rpt Dx: IDC 1.8cm tumor & DCIS 2.1cm
2nd Path Rep DFCI - IDC (0.9cm) & DCIS (2.1cm)
Stage 1b/Gr 3; ER+(5%), PR+(2%), HER-2+++
5/5 nodes NEG; Clear Margins
Chemo: AC 4 rnds (1st one 3/31/08) finished 6/2/08
TH (Taxol/Hercepin) 12 weeks (1st one 6/25/08) finished 9/8/08
Herceptin 9 mos (every 3 weeks) finished 6/8/09
BRCA 1/2 NEG
Bio: Age 39, married to James 1999, 2 boys 12 & 10 yo
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