Chemopause

ever1
ever1 Member Posts: 26
edited March 2014 in Breast Cancer #1
Hi Everyone,
I finished chemo in July 05. The chemo caused Chemopause - which I assumed was permanent but much to my surprise, after a year and a half, my period is back. (at age 48) Has anyone else experienced this?

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  • LesleyH
    LesleyH Member Posts: 370
    #2
    Yes. It is not that uncommon. My oncologist told me about a patient at 49 fell pregnant because she thought she was in chemopause.

    Hugs.

    Lesley
  • kbc4869
    kbc4869 Member Posts: 159
    #3
    LesleyH said:

    Yes. It is not that uncommon. My oncologist told me about a patient at 49 fell pregnant because she thought she was in chemopause.

    Hugs.

    Lesley

    Hi Ladies,

    Yep - happened to me. I stopped getting periods during and after chemo. A year and two months after treatment, I got pregnant. What a surprise considering I thought at 36 I was in menopause and had been told by my onc that I would never have children. Since I hadn't had a period in a such a long time, when I started feeling very sick, I thought the cancer had metastisized -- I about fell over when I found out I was pregnant. The following year when I went for my yearly checkup with the onc, I brought my three month old daughter with me. He told me, "Well, showed me, didn't you?" :)

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