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Chelee · 10-08-2007, 12:47 AM

Bev, Yes, the whole idea was to have the ooph so I could avoid the Zoladex and make sure I am meno-pausal since I *was* peri-meno. My onc only checked my FSH once...that was right when I finished chemo. (Chemo-pause is all it was.) Temporary. At that time my FSH was 77.29. (Good) I got the ooph because my onc would not give me my zoladex on time each month so my estradiol would climb each month. So instead of playing her games I got the ooph.

I had my ooph six months ago. Since then I have had my FSH checked 4 times. It keeps coming back in the peri-meno range. It should be in menopausal range by now. But its between 5.2 & 6.3 which is very peri-meno! So what I'm told is some shreds of tissue from the surface of the ovary can get left behind during the ooph and be enough tissue to produce a normal amount of estrogen....which means I'm still premenopausal. (This can happen more often when you are having one ovary removed that has a cyst attached...which I did.) Lucky me. So its like I did the ooph all for nothing. (Other then I did need the cyst removed.) But I'm not a happy camper. My estradiol is just now down to 11.

Chelee

10-08-2007, 12:47 AM	#3
Chelee Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Southern, CA Posts: 2,511	Bev, Yes, the whole idea was to have the ooph so I could avoid the Zoladex and make sure I am meno-pausal since I was peri-meno. My onc only checked my FSH once...that was right when I finished chemo. (Chemo-pause is all it was.) Temporary. At that time my FSH was 77.29. (Good) I got the ooph because my onc would not give me my zoladex on time each month so my estradiol would climb each month. So instead of playing her games I got the ooph. I had my ooph six months ago. Since then I have had my FSH checked 4 times. It keeps coming back in the peri-meno range. It should be in menopausal range by now. But its between 5.2 & 6.3 which is very peri-meno! So what I'm told is some shreds of tissue from the surface of the ovary can get left behind during the ooph and be enough tissue to produce a normal amount of estrogen....which means I'm still premenopausal. (This can happen more often when you are having one ovary removed that has a cyst attached...which I did.) Lucky me. So its like I did the ooph all for nothing. (Other then I did need the cyst removed.) But I'm not a happy camper. My estradiol is just now down to 11. Chelee __________________ DX: 12-20-05 - Stage IIIA, Her2/Neu, 3+++,Er & Pr weakly positive, 5 of 16 pos nodes. Rt. MRM on 1-3-06 -- No Rads due to compromised lungs. Chemo started 2-7-06 -- TCH - - Finished 6-12-06 Finished yr of wkly herceptin 3-19-07 3-15-07 Lt side prophylactic simple mastectomy. -- Ooph 4-05-07 9-21-09 PET/CT "Recurrence" to Rt. axllia, Rt. femur, ilium. Possible Sacrum & liver? Now stage IV. 9-28-09 Loading dose of Herceptin & started Zometa 9-29-09 Power Port Placement 10-24-09 Mass 6.4 x 4.7 cm on Rt. femur head. 11-19-09 RT. Femur surgery - Rod placed 12-7-09 Navelbine added to Herceptin/Zometa. 3-23-10 Ten days of rads to RT femur. Completed. 4-05-10 Quit Navelbine--Herceptin/Zometa alone. 5-4-10 Appt. with Dr. Slamon to see what is next? Waiting on FISH results from femur biopsy. Results to FISH was unsuccessful--this happens less then 2% of the time. 7-7-10 Recurrence to RT axilla again. Back to UCLA for options.