End of menopause?

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hicksc
hicksc Member Posts: 17
edited June 2014 in HER2+ (Positive) Breast Cancer

Somewhere around the middle of my chemo, I stopped getting periods and in October my family doctor told me I was well into menopause after doing bloodwork.  Well, lo and behold, last week, the day before my last Herceptin, almost a year to the day of my last period, guess what I got?  I am 46 yrs old and I really thought I was too old for this to reverse itself - mostly I had heard that unless you were quite young i.e. under 40 at least, chances of it coming back were very slim.

I am wondering though, if that is the case for people who have estrogen receptive tumors and so are taking Tamoxifen - and those who are only HER2+ and taking herceptin might not be more likely to have it restart.

Has anyone else had this happen?

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  • Sassa
    Sassa Member Posts: 1,588
    edited February 2009

    Age at chemo, 56, (and perimenopausal).  Finished chemo in Feb 2007, you know what was back in May 2007  (@##$%).  I wasn't declared to be post menopausal until September 2008 (at 58).

    My onc just laughed when I complained about having my period; she said I had cast iron ovaries.

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  • hicksc
    hicksc Member Posts: 17
    edited February 2009

    I just can't believe I'm going to have to go through all the hot flashes again!!!!!!!  But I guess at least my bone density will be better than it would have been.

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  • Sassa
    Sassa Member Posts: 1,588
    edited February 2009

    I am one of the lucky ones.  Hot flashes don't run in my family.  My mother didn't have them, her sister didn't have then and I and my two younger sisters haven't had any either.

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  • fightinhrd123
    fightinhrd123 Member Posts: 633
    edited February 2009

    My period had been trying to come back.  I was done with Chemo in September, and cant remember when i had my last "real" period, but the last two months, i have had a kinda period, last month lasted a few hours, this month a few days, but very light.  Anyone else?  I am not on any kind of pills, just herceptin.

    Laura

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  • Zzap
    Zzap Member Posts: 77
    edited February 2009

    My periods stopped during chemo, but came back within about 2 months afterwards.  Once I finished radiation and started the Tamoxifen, I had regular periods for a while, then they stopped for over 9 months (no, I wasn't pregnant).  I had a horrific period right around the first of the year, but none since.  I recently had my hormone levels checked and my onc said I'm still quite pre-menopausal, so will stay on the Tamoxifen for now.

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  • madarin
    madarin Member Posts: 21
    edited March 2009

    Hi ladies... I had my last period about the time of my mastectomy (late july07) and began chemo a month later... it was 6 cycles of carboplatin and taxotere, with concurrent herceptin therapy for one year. i have not had a period since my first chemo treatment, and the hot flashes came fast and furious for more than a year. But now they've subsided and still no periods... woohoo!!!  I have to say that this is the ONLY positive side effect i experienced. But i have heard of this happening to others.. hang tough my sister! Peace and healing to you!

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  • trk_koa
    trk_koa Member Posts: 55
    edited March 2009

    Age at chemo 46.  I had dose dense EC, radiation, Taxol and Herceptin for a year.

    I didn't have a period for many months after chemo. Doc did a blood test and said I was done. But no, I keep having seven month breaks between periods then three or four months of having a period every three weeks or so. This has been going on for two years now. The first period after the months between is usually awful - but next ones are average to light.

    I had horrible hot flashes that were helped for a while by acupuncture but it stopped working. I'm now on Effexor 75 mg per day and seldom have a hot flash. But I never know for sure if I'm going to have period or not.

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