Although I was 10 years older than you (50)when diagnosed and treated I was still going strong with my period. When my oncologist recommended removal of my ovaries since my cancer was also estrogen sensitive I responded with a hearty SIGN ME UP! I saw it as one of the positives of the whole treatment regime and my commitment to fighting the cancer with everything in the arsenal. When my friends started complaining of menopausal symptoms I was happy I had flown through that so quickly. (I had a hot flash that soaked through a leather jacket once.)I'm sorry you're feeling the way you do but a period doesn't define you. Being a warrior committed to seeing your kids to adulthood does. Was my oophorectomy the reason I'm 20 years out? Maybe. I'll never regret seeing my son graduate with honors, marry, and give me a grandson when my original goal was to get him through high school.
I’ll be 37 next month. In February I was diagnosed with breast cancer and am facing the same — early menopause and saying goodbye to the highs and lows of my cycle, which I so dearly love and use to anchor myself in life. Thank you for writing this.
I am SO glad you wrote this. I had to have a hysterectomy back in last October. I cried so hard a few times, realizing there were pieces of me I'd never get back. My period being one of those pieces.
I went to the store last week and shed some tears over not needing pads any more. In March. And here I was, thinking I was stupid and silly for crying over something mostly everyone else hates.
Although I was 10 years older than you (50)when diagnosed and treated I was still going strong with my period. When my oncologist recommended removal of my ovaries since my cancer was also estrogen sensitive I responded with a hearty SIGN ME UP! I saw it as one of the positives of the whole treatment regime and my commitment to fighting the cancer with everything in the arsenal. When my friends started complaining of menopausal symptoms I was happy I had flown through that so quickly. (I had a hot flash that soaked through a leather jacket once.)I'm sorry you're feeling the way you do but a period doesn't define you. Being a warrior committed to seeing your kids to adulthood does. Was my oophorectomy the reason I'm 20 years out? Maybe. I'll never regret seeing my son graduate with honors, marry, and give me a grandson when my original goal was to get him through high school.
I’ll be 37 next month. In February I was diagnosed with breast cancer and am facing the same — early menopause and saying goodbye to the highs and lows of my cycle, which I so dearly love and use to anchor myself in life. Thank you for writing this.
I am SO glad you wrote this. I had to have a hysterectomy back in last October. I cried so hard a few times, realizing there were pieces of me I'd never get back. My period being one of those pieces.
I went to the store last week and shed some tears over not needing pads any more. In March. And here I was, thinking I was stupid and silly for crying over something mostly everyone else hates.
Thank you!