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brandford37
brandford37 Member Posts: 71
edited May 2016 in Chemotherapy - Before, During, and After

Hello Ladies hope all is doing well with your treatment... since I'm a lil concerns about my treatment plan and I need advice from all of you guys I'm starting Chemo May 16 my treatment plan is (Epirubicin + Cyclophosphamide Every 2 weeks × 4 doses) and (Abraxane once a week for 12 weeks) I'm not familiar with Chemotherapy and I would like you guy to share your experience with me on this journey I'm 37 with 4 kids haven't have none for my husband and he's killing me for a child, I wanna have a baby for him so badly, wanna know if the treatment I'm going to get gonna stop me from concieve can someone help me I'm so nervous...

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  • HolaSandy
    HolaSandy Member Posts: 85
    edited May 2016

    Hi brandford37,

    Definitely discuss this with your MO and see if you can get a referral for a fertility specialist. I recommend doing this soon because there are various options when it comes to fertility.

    I am doing FEC-D chemo and was told that there is a risk of going through early menopause from these chemo meds.

    I was told by the fertility specialist that my options were 1) do nothing and hope that I would be able to conceive after my treatments and 5 years of tamoxifen, 2) take injections to protect ovaries during treatment, 3) freeze eggs, or 4) freeze embryos. My husband and I went for options 2 and 4 to give us the best chance of me potentially conceiving again and if not, we can use our embryos with a surrogate. The whole process took around 2 weeks which is why I suggest you get the info soon before you start chemo. I hope this info unhelpful for you

    Take care

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  • brandford37
    brandford37 Member Posts: 71
    edited May 2016

    Hello Sandy thank you so much, I'm willing to try #2 but I'm not sure if my insurance gonna pay for it... did your insurance paid for #2 and #3..

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  • HolaSandy
    HolaSandy Member Posts: 85
    edited May 2016

    I'm in Canada so things are a little different and we don't buy extra insurance other than the benefits we get through work. But because this was a compassionate case, we paid for #4 out of pocket which they drastically cut the price down for us by more than half and the fertility clinic is absorbing the cost of the injections that I do monthly. If they had not been able to offer that to us, we likely would have had to make another decision as well

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