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JennyB · 02-11-2012, 03:33 PM

Hi Jane,

I am younger than you but have also ER+ PR - tumour, I recently got my period back and my onc and I have decided that I will have an ooph later in the year after 6 months on the Zoladex(ovaries shut down) injection just to make sure I handle the menapause ok! I am led to believe from other women it is a really easy op it is just the ramifications of it that worry me a little but nowhere near the ramifications of not having it!
I wish you well with your decision and whatever you decide will be right for you.
BTW the monthly injections are fine too and then you can take the AI instead of Tamoxifen this is what I am now doing.
Good luck
Jenny x

02-11-2012, 03:33 PM	#3
JennyB Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Port Hedland, Australia Posts: 382	Re: Tamoxifen, LHRH agonist, AI, oophorectomy?? Hi Jane, I am younger than you but have also ER+ PR - tumour, I recently got my period back and my onc and I have decided that I will have an ooph later in the year after 6 months on the Zoladex(ovaries shut down) injection just to make sure I handle the menapause ok! I am led to believe from other women it is a really easy op it is just the ramifications of it that worry me a little but nowhere near the ramifications of not having it! I wish you well with your decision and whatever you decide will be right for you. BTW the monthly injections are fine too and then you can take the AI instead of Tamoxifen this is what I am now doing. Good luck Jenny x __________________ Diagnosed Nov '10 IDC whilst pregnant with 2nd child Her 2 ++ ER/PR + but weak and patchy 50% + 5% Left mastectomy Dec '10, 6cm tumour 1 of 2 lymph (micro mets) Clear margins but lymphovasculer invasion Stage 3a Grade 3 Fec 100 x 3 Jan '11 Taxotere X 3 and Herceptin X 1yr Staging scans - CT brain & body and bone - May '11 - NED!! Start Femara - in chemo induced menapause 25 Rads June '11 Dec '11 Menstruation resumed - zoladex inj monthly and Tamoxifen Feb '12 Back on Femera and Zoladex March '12 CT brain & body & bone scan all clear Zometa x2/yearly April '12 - Oopherectomy Praying the Herceptin is as good as its hype!!