Did your period come back after chemo?

I had my first chemo late July 09 and my 8th (and last!) chemo 11/5/09. I think my periods stopped early Oct (or late Sept). They came back Apr 2010. I did have some cramping beforehand that clued me in that my period was coming back.

Hi everyone,

My Onc said that chemopause if your estrogen postive is a good thing.  It means the ovaries are not producing estrogen,,,,,estrogen is what fuels tumors that are ER+. I'm thinking of having a Oopherectomy due to the fact tha the tumor was grade 3. I think no matter that living one day is important, hope goes a long way, you gotta have hope. Sucks that cancer doesn't come with a manual so we can do the right thing, everytime. CH

I was 42 when diagnosed in September of 2008.  My period stopped right after my second chemo treatment and has not returned... don't miss it!  Now I am dealing with the weight gain.   Doctor told me to switch my white foods to green foods!   It's hard Tamoxifen really makes you hungry.

This has all been very interesting to read.  I had been feeling down about my experience with chemopause (dx Nov 09 at age 35, surgery Dec 09, chemo Dec 09-April 10, last period Feb 10, rad. currently, tamox coming), not because I don't already have my family (three children), but because I felt that I was in the prime of my life, and it felt wrong to be experiencing both bc and the loss of what I saw as such a strong part of me (associated with youth and fertility and such).  However, I know that I'll be okay if my period doesn't return because it means no estrogen feeding my estrogen+ cancer, but I could really do without these hot flashes.  This has been quite a journey, and anytime I feel bad about what's going on with me, it has been nice to have a place where others post about similar experiences.  Good luck and God bless you ladies.

I was 34 when I was diagnosed. I started chemo (ACT) in August 2011 and it seemed to speed up my periods, then they stopped. I finished chemo mid November 2011 and I'm triple negative, so no follow up drugs for me. I was really excited to get my period back (and lose the hot flashes) at the end of February 2012 (now 35 years old), but since then the hot flashes have returned (BOOOO!!!) and no period. I'm worried. And angry at the cancer for doing this to me. Is there anything I can do to try to kick start by body to getting the periods back? Or is that it for me?

I was 47 when I had my chemo for six months which ended May 2011 and now on July 13 2012 my period still has not come back. Lucky me.

It has been 9 months and I still haven't had a period, I will turn 44 next week, before I found out I had cancer I was going to the doctors because I thought I was going thru menopause, I have been so tied up in chemo and radiation, that I haven't had time to make it back to the doctor's. For those of you that want children I wish you the best, I have one daughter in the service, and one son in the 10th grade.

I just got my period very heavy after over 2 years ! I'm 48 yrs old.

I got my period back 7 months after the last Taxotere. I was still on Herceptin.

I was 38 when diagnosed and I stopped having periods immediately after I started chemo on 1/3/13. As a result, I had horrible hot flashes, which were worse at night.  Then I got a bit of a reprieve when my hot flashes went away a few days before I got one period on 8/29/13, which was a little over 4 months after my last chemo (it was fairly light). However, the hot flashes returned almost immediately (although this time they weren't as bad at night, but worse during the day) and I haven't had a period since. Now about 10 months later, my hot flashes have disappeared for the last two weeks and my complexion looks great, but still no period. Has anyone experienced this??

I had a bi-lateral salpingectomy, and have had regular pelvic ultrasounds due to my BRCA1+ status. My last ultrasound two weeks ago revealed a 1 inch cyst on my ovary. Not sure if this has anything to do with anything.  Anyway, I'm hoping the disappearing hot flashes is a sign that my period is coming back. I love not having them, but I don't like the price I have to pay. I'd rather have periods than have hot flashes and a bad complexion. 

Hi there! I was diagnosed in March 2013 and started chemo in April. I had my period for that first chemo session and then no more periods after that. I'd have been happy about that except it also came with wicked hot flashes that were keeping me up all night and making life very uncomfortable. I finished chemo in August (2013) and had what I THINK might have been a period in early July 2014 (it was just one day so I find it a little odd...). My hot flashes have completely disappeared so I'm feeling confident that my hormones are starting to work again! 

Oh I should mention I am currently 35 so nowhere near natural menopause. My oncologist said he fully expects that my period will come back, given my age. And I don't take tamoxifen (er/pr neg so no need) so that's not what was keeping my periods away. I think chemo just shocks the system and it takes a while to recover!

This site has been a great support when I was diagnosed and during my treatment. I am 33 yrs old. Thought to share my condition so it could give hope to other ladies. My chemo ended on 03/21/14 and I got my periods 09/13/14. Took less than 6 months. I am so happy as I want to have a 2nd baby and this bring a hope that I still can. Also I am on Tamoxifen (from 3 months) and no hot flashes or any side effects. 

While going through chemo I didn't have it. But about a month or so after finishing chemo and then having gone through the surgery it came back and its been really goofy ever since. I might get it one month and then I might not have one for a couple of months! Wish it would make up its mind!

I was diagnosed with a very aggressive Invasive Ductal Carcinoma (around 3.5 cm tumour, ER/PR negative, HER2 C+, Grade 3) of the left breast, along with 3 axillary lymph nodes that tested positive. in May, 2012. At 42 while already late in age, I had never given up hope of having children. I was still a virgin and always wanted to be married first to have kids. I was told by my oncologist that given my age, the chemotherapy would put me into menopause. I really struggled with the decision to start treatment for I feared of the potential side effects to my organs, but most of all my fertility. I stalled for 5 months, here I was diagnosed with a life threatening disease and I couldn't bring myself to accept treatment to save my life because I knew that it would mean that I could never give life myself. I honestly felt stuck between a hard place and a rock. My oncologists and everyone around me was pleading with me to do chemo, I couldn't bear to accept that I would not be able to have children as a result of the chemo. Five months after being diagnosed, I had follow up imaging, and of course they showed that the tumours had grown, at that point I conceded. Chemo. from Nov. 2012 - March 2013. My periods stopped after my third session (end of Dec. 2012) of chemo. Summer of 2013 I experienced intense hot flashes, would get worst at nights. Most women experience menopause gradually in time when nature intends for them to go through it but with chemo your body is being fast tracked thrust into menopause. I finished Herceptin treatment Jan. 2014. In Feb. 2014 (3 months shy of 44 at that point) to my complete but pleasant surprised i got my period for the first time after 14 months. I was shocked and in utter disbelief. I cried. To me it was a sign that my body was going back to normal. My period lasted about a week, normal flow, mild cramps. Two weeks after I got my period again and it also lasted around a week. Then nothing again for six months until beginning of August 2014 (now 44), which lasted five days. Two weeks after that I got it again, and it lasted eight days. That's been it so far. Now it's end of Jan. 2015 and it's almost five months and nothing :-( Still praying that somehow I start getting regular periods again and hoping for some miracle that somehow/someway it is still not too late for me to be able to get pregnant and deliver a healthy child.

I lost my period to cancer at 22 never came back even though my hormone levels were normal now that I have breast cancer I doubt I can try anything anymore sighs