How to get periods back and have a baby ???

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zinzouna
zinzouna Member Posts: 6
edited April 2016 in Young With Breast Cancer

hi Girls!!!

I was Dx un january 2014. Hormonal breast cancer. Lymphectomy ... 4fec 100 4 taxoteres. My periods stopped after the second chemo... And aren't back since that time. I finished chemo in 11/9/2014 so 1year and 4 months since the end of chemo and 19months of chemopause.... My test blood shows me in menopause .... Fsh 56pg/ml estradiol 142 pg/ml lh 64,57 mul/ml

Is any one in the same figure ??? Can that changes?? Can period get back??? I want a baby :(( I'm 37 married since 2 years just before the diagnosis ....

Thx

Nath

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  • Moderators
    Moderators Member Posts: 25,912
    edited January 2016

    Hi Zin, and welcome to Breastcancer.org!

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  • zinzouna
    zinzouna Member Posts: 6
    edited January 2016

    no one, trying to get pregnant after breast cancer, and had no periods yet???

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  • zinzouna
    zinzouna Member Posts: 6
    edited January 2016

    please help!!! Share here your expérience please!

    Thx

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  • Abby20
    Abby20 Member Posts: 102
    edited January 2016

    I tried acupuncture, can't say it's definitely going to work but it worked for me and I got my period a year after chemo. Good luck

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  • zinzouna
    zinzouna Member Posts: 6
    edited January 2016

    thanks Happy for your reply! When did you started acupuncture ? Ans how many time after that you get périodes backs?

    Thx

    Nath

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  • slg76
    slg76 Member Posts: 177
    edited March 2016

    hi ladies,

    I was dx while pregnant and my periods didn't come back after delivery, ACT chemo, and tamoxifen. About a year after coming off tamoxifen (so no period for 2.5 years at this point), I started acupuncture. Three months later my periods started and within 3 more months they were regular (every 28-31 days). I stopped going to acupuncture for a while...my periods stopped....started going again...they came back. I'm a huge believer!

    Unfortunately the chemo had damaged my egg quality and I was never able to have a successful pregnancy. My FSH was undetectable.

    Good luck!

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  • laura_ingalls
    laura_ingalls Member Posts: 78
    edited March 2016

    dear zinzouna,

    have your periods returned? i would try acupuncture, and see an RE. perhaps an ivf cycle can work for you? fertility clinics have programs for cancer patients. good luck. i felt sad to see your post. i really hope you get your periods back dear.

    the reason no one replied may be because it is not as common for reproductive aged women to be diagnosed. i know it's not that rare, just trying to comfort you. or, maybe, no one in that situation reads these boards.

    i started a post on fertility preservation and i am also disappointed that no one has replied. oh well.

    i hope you are ok. good luck!

    hugs.

    laura*

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  • zinzouna
    zinzouna Member Posts: 6
    edited March 2016

    Hi Laura!

    No periods yet and no baby:( I stopped Tamoxifen and still waiting for a miracle .... My fertility doctor gave me Climaston to regulate hormones... My fsh is tooo high !!! And I have a luck of eggs ....

    Hope you all have an answer to you post dear Laura!!

    Hugs

    Nath

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  • eebw
    eebw Member Posts: 1
    edited March 2016

    I was 26 when I was diagnosed in 2009. Did TCH chemo, zoladex shots, and 5 years of Tamoxifen. I stopped tamoxifen about a year ago, and I got my periods back in about a month. However, my husband and I have been trying to get pregnant since then, and no luck. My test results show that my FSH level is that of someone who's late 30s/early 40s instead of my real age (33).

    I don't know if this is helpful for you, but there really isn't a lot of information out there for people in our situation. If others have had good luck with accupuncture, I say go for it! I might try it myself. It can't hurt. Good luck!

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  • Moderators
    Moderators Member Posts: 25,912
    edited March 2016

    Dear eebw,Welcome to the community and thank you for posting your story. We hope that you will keep posting and reaching out to other young survivors. The Mods

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  • slg76
    slg76 Member Posts: 177
    edited April 2016

    there is a thread called coming off tamoxifen to have a baby. I recommend going on there. I'm sure there are different ladies on there now than when I was posting there but I found that thread very useful and reassuring.

    Also, after I came off tamoxifen and tried to get pregnant my FSH was OVER 100!!! I did conceive after that. I miscarried and decided to stop trying but I think I might have had another baby if I kept at it. I say this so you know that even if your hormone tests don't look good, it doesn't mean that you won't conceive.

    Good luck!

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