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reginacash
reginacash Member Posts: 2
edited June 2014 in IDC (Invasive Ductal Carcinoma)

I was diagnoised may09 had had lump n lymp nodes removed in june09 did 2 rou.ds of chemo and then radiation finishrd april10 started tamox in may10 no periods til last month lasted 5 days this month on day 3 i am 47 what is up with this is it normal

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  • msphil
    msphil Member Posts: 1,536
    edited April 2013

    I went many yrs without a period, then came back suddenly and lasted not even a day, very brownish and stopeed, then many more yrs then same thing and it finally stopped all together, msphil( idc, stage 2, 3 nodes, L mast, chemo and rads and 5 yrs on Tamoxifen

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  • Ta-Ta_Chic
    Ta-Ta_Chic Member Posts: 2
    edited April 2013

    Go see your OBGYN. Could be the side effect of the Tamoxifen.

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  • rgiuff
    rgiuff Member Posts: 1,094
    edited April 2013

    Chemo probably put your ovaries to sleep for a while.  And now, they may have woken up again.  If you continue to get monthly periods, then that means that ovaries are functioning again.  You may start to feel less menopausal symptoms as well, if this is the case.  And you are on the right drug, tamoxifen, which is for premenopausal women.  In some women, tamoxifen affects their periods, stopping them completely, and in others, they just continue with normal monthly cycles. 

    If what you have been experiencing the past couple of months, felt and acted like a normal period, then it probably was.  The good thing about this, your uterine lining is being shed monthly, which means less chance of tamoxifen causing any uterine issues!

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