Hi, new to this forum. I was diagnosed on 4th September with Grade 3 breast cancer progesterone and oestrogen +. Had a mastectomy 3 weeks ago and my lymph nodes have been shown to be clear. My support worker and doctor has said that I can go ahead with fertility treatment before starting chemo. I haven’t met up with my Oncologist yet as she won’t chat with me until i have done my fertility treatment. I am on the third day of my period and ready for fertility - went to the IVF clinic today and they did a scan and found a cyst on my ovary. The cyst is normal, but stops me from having and treatment today. The options they gave me were 1> to give me a hormones for one week to prolong the period in its beginning stages and hope that the cyst reduces in size after which they drain it and start the treatment from that point. 2> Or i can wait for three weeks and go for another scan. If there is a cyst there they can suppress it and start the treatment as normal with the next period.
The trouble is all i really want to is start the chemo, i’ve never really had to think about starting a family. My boyfriend wants me to go through fertility treatment, but i am not sure i want to wait that long and its making me feel a bit guilty about the situation. I know i’ve got all this chemo coming up and i don’t want any more hormones or operations for me than is necessary.
Can anyone give me some advice in this situation. Will i be able to conceive after chemo? Has anyone any stories about that? Is there any point point waiting so long for the IVF when there’s no guarantees? My boyfriend is worried we won’t be able to have any children - how much of a chance to do i have in the future? Also would zoladex help me? I heard it is not that well researched yet and can even cause infertility.
Sorry to go on about this. I have to make a decision by this Monday and any advice would be really appreciated.
Thanks x
PS My boyfriend is as selfish as i’ve made him out to be here!! Haha!