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IVW · 12-29-2005, 06:37 PM

I was supposedly post-menopausal after high-doses of chemo. at age 39. I did not have a period for 3 years while taking tamoxifen. Then, my tumor markers started going up and what looked like bone mets in my ribs showed up in a bone scan. I was taken off tamoxifen and I immediately got my period. My oncologists suggested not truly being postmenopausal contributed to the return of my cancer as it was ER+.

I was put on Zoladex; it did not keep me from getting my periods. I finally got my ovaries out (no big deal for me, I have 3 kids) and I am glad to really be post-menopausal now. Aromasin did not work for me even without ovaries. Only herceptin and navelbine cleared out my mets in my body. Later radiation helped brain mets.

Isabelle
Brain mets survivor and proud of it.

12-29-2005, 06:37 PM	#23
IVW Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 7	periods returning and recurrence of bc I was supposedly post-menopausal after high-doses of chemo. at age 39. I did not have a period for 3 years while taking tamoxifen. Then, my tumor markers started going up and what looked like bone mets in my ribs showed up in a bone scan. I was taken off tamoxifen and I immediately got my period. My oncologists suggested not truly being postmenopausal contributed to the return of my cancer as it was ER+. I was put on Zoladex; it did not keep me from getting my periods. I finally got my ovaries out (no big deal for me, I have 3 kids) and I am glad to really be post-menopausal now. Aromasin did not work for me even without ovaries. Only herceptin and navelbine cleared out my mets in my body. Later radiation helped brain mets. Isabelle Brain mets survivor and proud of it.