Hi All,
I’m 36 and was diagnosed with Grade 2 invasive ductal carcinoma yesterday. I have an MRI Tuesday to see the staging of my disease.
As i have no children and i really want them they have offered me egg freezing. i want to do it… but not sure what it entails or what the success rates are afterwards.
Does anyone know? or can offer advice?
Thanks,
Rachael
Hi there raechi
Welcome to the discussion forums, I’m sure you’ll find them a great source of information and support.
Others will be along soon to discuss their experiences but in the meantime, you might find reading our publication on fertility issues a useful read. Here’s the link to it:
www2.breastcancercare.org.uk/sites/default/files/bcc28_fertility_issues_web.pdf
Hope you find this useful.
Best wishes.
Louise
Facilitator
Hi Rachel
I am 34 (33 when diagnosed in August) and I froze embryos before I started my chemo and a girl I know froze her eggs. When you’ve had your MRI and know more about what treatment you will be having (will you be having chemo?) please speak to your breast care nurse as mine referred me to Liverpool Women’s hospital to the fertility experts there (as I live in the north west) and they contacted me and saw me straight away. I had my fertility treatment a month after my mastectomy and 3 weeks before I started chemo. It only delayed my chemo by a couple of weeks which my oncologist said was fine. Hope that helps
Lizzyxx
Hi Lizzy,
Thanks for getting back to me. I will be having chemo. Its chemo first, then my surgery and then hormone treatment i think.
I guess having never had children its my one big wish and i;m just scared its all being taken away from me.
Fingers crossed i’ll end up a mummy one day 
Thanks again,
Rachael
Hi Racheal
I was diagnosed at 37 & was allowed to have treatment to freeze my eggs after surgery (MX & recon) but before chemo. Some local authorities will pay for this ( offered to young cancer patients) but I wasn’t lucky and had to pay (about £3K if memory serves me right). It involved about ten days of self administered injections followed by egg retrieval (under sedation). Not for those who are scared of needles/ injections! I lived alone at the time & was a bit scared I might not give the injection correctly & cause problems but I was fine! The egg retrieval was uncomfortable but ok afterwards so nothing to worry about. I had mine done at the West Midlands Fertility clinic where they have had some success with egg/embryo freezing. I ended up with 7 healthy ones in the deep freeze. They are held for 10 years & there is just an annual storage charge to pay in the meantime.
Hope this helps
Twinky x
Hi Raechi,
Another young one and wannabe mum here! I was diagnosed last year at the age of 33 and also had chemo prior to surgery but due to big lump and it being receptive to oestrogen (ER+) the fertility clinic were not prepared to do egg harvesting so I’m just having to keep my fingers and toes crossed that I haven’t been left infertile…
We’d just started trying for children when I was diagnosed so I can completely empathise with you.
I hope your treatment goes well and that you’re coping OK - it wont be nearly as bad as you think it’s going to be - and feel free to PM me to ask any questions at any time.
x
Hi All,
Well i am now on the egg freezing road. I went to the clinic on Sunday and now have all my drugs. I need to take Letrozole as i am ER positive. I decided to go for it in the end…
I really want to be a mum as neither my partner or i have children so i wanted to try and give us a fighting chance (well thats as long as we survive this breast cancer roller coaster!)
Fingers crossed it all works
Rae