hi Debs - I have my 6th and final - hurray - EC on wednesday. I am 56 but was having regular periods up to having chemo. I had at least 2 periods during chemo despite the onc telling me he would get rid of them. Have not had one since end of Jan so perhaps he has fulfilled his promise! It would appear from reading other threads that we all react differently as some ladies are continuing to have periods and some have not, but they seem to think that they will resume after the end of treatment. Perhaps if you ring the BCC helpline they can give you more info. Hope you are coping well with your treatment. Marli. x
Hi Debs,
My periods stopped on the third FEC ie around end of October last year. I am 50 and was still pre-menopausal at the time. It is likely that the chemo has pushed me into the menopause and therefore possibly the periods won’t come back. It depends I think on how old you are. If you are younger periods normally come back after chemo has finished.
Good luck with your treatment
Lynn x
Hi Debs,
Nobody worries about ‘personal’ on here!!!
I think I had 2 periods after I started chemo and have had nothing since. I hope that it has finally pushed me on to the menopause which has been troubling me for the last 5 years. So hopefully no more periods for me. I do still get the tender feeling in my remaining boob which I assume would be the time of the month if it still happened. At 51 I shall be quite happy to have finished. My poor 14 year old daughter is just starting. Poor thing!!
Well done Marli on reaching your final treatment, another one joining the no more chemo club!! You’ll soon be ther too Debs.
Love to you all,
Jane xx
Hi Debs, can’t add much more to what the girls have already shared with you. I had two periods during chemo, last one in November - and am so hopeful that was the last ever. At 45 there’s a chance it is; just keeping my fingers crossed! Hope that we’ve been able to shed some light for you? Good luck, hope you’re not too uncomfortable with EC 
Bubbling thing seems to be easier now, although I get the odd twinge here and there. It was really weird Lynn - felt like a nerve twitching or something.
Hope you get on OK with rads planning on Tues - so exciting that we’re all getting towards the end, isn’t it? And well done to you Marli for hanging in there
Sleep well funsters Just gonna have an hour of rubbish telly then bed for me.
Lotsalove
xxx
PS Lynn we do belive it was your daughter that wanted to go to the x-factor live tour…thousands wouldn’t!!! LOL was it good? xxx
Hello all,
Thank you so much for the info, just wanted a general idea.
I’m only 28 so chances are normal service will be resume after, but it’s not something i’d thought about till it didn’t happen.
Thankyou again
Hope you are all keeping well.
Debs
x
Hey Ladies
How You all doing?
Hope the rads & chemo aren’t be too bad to you…and the Tamoxifen!
I’m having a crap time just now…feel like the 6 months of chemo hell have been for nothing!!
I found a lump at my collarbone at the weekend (appeared overnight!) & just assumed that is was my lymph nodes complaining about being zapped by rads, which started last Thursday. When I asked the girls about it yesterday they kinda looked at each other & swiftly took me round to see my onc!
She’s not happy about it…and more worryingly couldn’t give me an alternative reason for the swelling!! I’ve to go to my local hospital tomorrow morning to see her & my Breast Surgeon, as she wants him to have a look at it & do a biopsy.
As you can imagine I’m terrified & in a state. I thought I’d at least get a year or two before I had to go thru this! The waiting (as you all know) is just awful & it’s gonna be at least another week before I find out the results! I’m trying really hard to hold it together in front of my eldest 2 kids (my youngest is too wee to bother if Mummy cries & unfortunately she’s used to it!), but not managing very well!
Hxx
Hi Ladies, Hayz I’m so sorry you’ve had this set back,the fact they’re sorting it right away is very good. Mine reoccured after 3 1/2 years so I know the horror you’re going through, please keep your chin up, thinking of you.
Marli glad you’ve finished I’ve still got 6 CMF’s will finish in May hopefully, just finished the first cycle 8days ago SE’s are abating thank goodness.
To everyone else look after yourselves, take care, one day this will all be behind us.
Love Kath XX
Oh Hazel,
I don’t know what to say - I am just hanging on to the fact that it will hopefully be a swollen lymph gland. You must be so worried (understatement) at the moment but really keeping everything crossed for you tomorrow - hang in there Hazel.
Could you ask for the results to come back more quickly? ie I am sure they can do it within a couple of days particularly in view of what you have already been through. It might be worth asking.
Will be thinking of you loads tomorrow.
Sending you loads of hugs, positive vibes ((((((((xxxx)))))))
Lynn xx
ps Well done Kath - once the first is over the time does go quickly.
Loocie - glad to hear the ‘bubbling’ is better.
Hi All
Oh Hayz - My heart goes out to you and I’m keeping everything crossed for you tomorrow. It’s good that they are getting you in quickly to check on it. Hopefully you will have good news to tell us when you get the results. Lots of Love.
Loocie - Glad to hear bubbling has settled down. You seem much happier now.
Debs - If you get chance to read previous entries you will see that there is nothing we can’t or won’t mention here as there are just so many different effects and it’s just great knowing that someone somewhere has possible experienced the same (even though you wish everyone would be effect free). Nothing is too small to discuss and they’re such a great bunch of ladies that have come through some rough times and with a smile.
I am heading towards FEC number 3 this week and I have a small lump come up in my leg. It’s only the size of a pea but I will mention it to the nurse as I have varicose veins on that leg. Hopefully it will clear up in time. I didn’t want to bother doctor about it as I sometimes feel like a hypochondriac and hate going to doctors at best of times. Time really passes quickly doesn’t it.
Love to all
Babs xx
Hi Hazel and all
I’m so sorry that you’ve found another lump, just wish there was something more constructive I could offer. You must be feeling very frightened and confused, but if it’s any consolation, we’re all out here feeling it with you.
I really hope it goes well for you tomoz; that the news is good and that all you were doing was giving us a bit of a shake up to make sure we are all still awake. Lots of love to you and a big, fat, positive hug too.
Thanks for the bubbly messages Had quite a twinge this afternoon, though it did pass off!
See you all tomoz, lotsalove to you
xxx
Hazel,
I can’t say anything different to what has already been said. I will be thinking of you tomorrow and I really hope the news will be good and not as bad as you are thinking. We are always going to think the worst. Lots of love from me too.
Are we ever going to feel free of this s***** disease?
Planning went well today, lovely nurses. No blue tac though!! I asked them where it was and they started laughing. They said that it is used sometimes but chemo brain has blanked out exactly what they told me. Do we get to use this excuse for ever? I tried to use it the other day but was told that I was the same before chemo!!!
Love to you all,
Jane xx
Thanks Ladies!
Saw onc then surgeon this morning. He said bacause of the location of the lump he wouldn’t biopsy it, so he would arrange a CT scan & to make an apt for him in a weeks time for results.
He didn’t give me much hope that it could be something else…just kinda said ‘Well, with your history, I too am concerned that this is a lymph node which contains cancer’…FAB!!
I obv burst into tears while my poor OH rubbed my back & held my hand…what must we put them thru??
My lovely BCN came with me & made apt then took me to the Xray dept to make the apt for the scan. She left me at the reception & came back 5 mins later & said…‘right, lets get you to oncology & get you canulated then’! She had sweet talked the girls & they had agreed to scan me there & then!! What a relief!
So…I’m now sitting here with my mobile beside me waiting for it to ring! She said she’d call me to arrange for me to get the results asap. I’m just praying & hoping & crossing everything that it didn’t show any cancer!!..anywhere!!
Aaargh…the waiting is so bleedin painful!!
Hxx
Hi there - just read your post - want you to know I’m sending you lots and lots of hope and good thots. I’m so hoping for you.x
lynn
Hi I’ve got my fingers crossed, toes crossed, legs crossed and when I finish typing I will cross my arms aswell! x
Hi Hayz,
You sound like you have a good BCN like I have. So glad you got a scan so quickly. As you say now the waiting is the worst. I’m keeping everything possible crossed for you too and hope you get your news really soon.
Lots of love to you,
Jane xx
Hazel - thinking of you and keeping everything crossed for quick and pleasing results.
Loocie - I think the “bubbling” is definatly related to the chemo, because mine has eased lots and lots too, whereas it was pretty constant the first week after chemo.
Debs - I first had chemo when I was 41, periods stopped during chemo, then I went onto Tamoxifen and havent had one since.
Wishing everyone a good week
K x
Hazel,
Have been thinking of you all day and hoping that all went ok and hopefully you will get some good news re the scan. Will keep an eye out for your posts and sending some positive vibes for good news(((((((((((((xxxxx)))))))))))
Lots of love
Lynn xx
Thanks everyone for the lovely messages!
Still no word yet…I’m swinging from thinking that that in itself is bad news (thinking that they want to discuss them at the daily meeting first…to decide new treatment plan) to being a little more sensible & knowing that it takes time & I’m not the only person waiting for results from them!
I don’t think my poor heart or stomach can take much more!!
Hxx
Hayz
We’re all with you in this and sending you all our love and best wishes. Hope you get results soon as they say the waiting is always the worst bit.
Lots of Love
Babs xx
Hi Hazel joining the others in keeping everything crossed, even my eyes.
love Kath XXX