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Chelee · 10-05-2010, 09:14 PM

Hayley,
I was peri-meno when I started chemo. My onc told me I would stay menopausal even after I finished TCH. She didn't want me on Tamoxifen...but an AI instead due to my dx. I was concerned about my age at the time since I was peri-meno before starting chemo. I was afraid I would go back to peri-meno, and I knew your not suppose to be on an AI unless you are in menopause. A few months after starting Femara I felt like I was going to get my period back and expressed my concerned to my onc.

I insisted that we make sure I was still in menopausal range? So she ran my FSH (Follicle Stimulating Hormone), Estradiol, & LH (Luteinizing Hormone) and found out I was back to peri-meno. So no doubt your onc is running those lab tests on you. I ended up having the Zoledex shots in order to take an AI. But eventually I just had an ooph to put me in menopause to stay on Femara. So that is another option if you want to stay on an AI. I'm sure your onc will help you choose the best option once your lab results are back. Let us know what you find out.

Chelee

10-05-2010, 09:14 PM	#5
Chelee Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Southern, CA Posts: 2,511	Re: Started Period While On Femara - Questions Hayley, I was peri-meno when I started chemo. My onc told me I would stay menopausal even after I finished TCH. She didn't want me on Tamoxifen...but an AI instead due to my dx. I was concerned about my age at the time since I was peri-meno before starting chemo. I was afraid I would go back to peri-meno, and I knew your not suppose to be on an AI unless you are in menopause. A few months after starting Femara I felt like I was going to get my period back and expressed my concerned to my onc. I insisted that we make sure I was still in menopausal range? So she ran my FSH (Follicle Stimulating Hormone), Estradiol, & LH (Luteinizing Hormone) and found out I was back to peri-meno. So no doubt your onc is running those lab tests on you. I ended up having the Zoledex shots in order to take an AI. But eventually I just had an ooph to put me in menopause to stay on Femara. So that is another option if you want to stay on an AI. I'm sure your onc will help you choose the best option once your lab results are back. Let us know what you find out. 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.