I have just finished two years of monthly injections of zoladex, I am still on tamoxifen for a futher 3 years. I haven’t had a period for the whole of the past two years which has been quite nice. I just wondered what next to expect, do the periods come back. I am 43 was diagnosed when I was 41, had bilateral mastectomy in Aug 06, recon in May 07, nipple recon in May 08 and now waiting for the tatooing in Nov 08.
Please let me know your experiences
Many thanks
Karen
Hi Karen
I was the same age as you when I was 1st dx. I had WLE, rads then onto Zoladex for 2 years, Tamoxifen for 5. My onc was sure that the Zoladex would push me into my natural menopause but she was wrong! My periods came back about 4-5 months after stopping Zoladex, unfortunately they were very heavy to begin with which I wasn’t used to but did calm down after a while. I don’t think there’s a definite answer about what to expect as it will depend on each woman’s own likelihood of an earlier menopause but be warned your periods could come back!
Nicky
Hello Karen, I am 47, was diagnosed at 45, been on zoladex and tamoxifen for the past 2 years, just finished last zoladex a month ago and 3 years still to go on tamoxifen. The surgeon told me last month that periods should return in about 6 or 7 months.
I asked in another post in this forum about the sweating improving after finishing zoladex, the surgeon told me I should notice a big improvement after stopping zoladex but my question in the other post was how soon should I notice an improvement. Someone replied that there would be an improvement but I still don’t know how soon I can expect to notice it.
Edit> oops I have just noticed that the ‘someone’ was yourself nicky 08 who replied to my other post