FERTILITY DRUGS

After two miscarriages and then unable to conceive, I did fertility drugs. Do I think it played a role in my bc...absolutely. I fed hormones to my er/pr positive cancer. I have had many talks with my doctors and all think this is very possible. But, they are still researching this, so they can't say for sure. I also know of many women in my same situation that ended up with bc. I may have still gotten it down the road but not at 41. That's just my 2 cents worth.

(I know I'm her2 neg, but I sure like this board,
hope you don't mind)

Warmly,

Judie

History

Discovered lump Sept. 2002 (mammo didn’t pick it up)
Dx Oct 2002-just turned 41
IDC and pagets disease, stage 2B, grade 3/3, nottingham scale 9/9
3cm, lumpectomy,clean margins
er/pr-pos, her2 neg, 2/25 nodes w/cancer
Nov 2002-March 2003-FEC (5fu, epirubicin, cytoxen)
March 2003- started tamoxifen
May 2003- finished rads (33tx)
June 2003-CT/PET Scan- clear
Started 3 month check ups w/lab
Dec 2003-complete hysterectomy
Jan 2004-extensive mets, both lungs & liver(labs normal)
Jan 2004-stopped tamoxifen
Feb 2004 CEA-23 (0-3 normal) CA27.29-66.1 (0-38 normal)
Feb 23to current-clinical trial, taxol & avastin
April 2004-CT-significant shrinkage on all tumors/plueral effusion gone
June 2004-CT-all liver lesions decreased in size/lung mets gone
July 2004-CEA is 1, CA27.29 is 25.8