Update...and questions...

January 15, 2007

I guess my message didn't go, so I am posting again...

Hello ladies,

I have been gone for a while and I hope you all had a Merry Christmas and a good

New Year.

I spent those days having my 6-months check-up after chemo. Tons of tests and

most of all showed OK My cholesterol is high but it is expected since I am 12 kg

(about 26 pounds) overweight. New year, new goals... I am puzzled by my hormone

levels though. I had FSH, LH and estradiol done and they came up very low for

FSH and LH (2,0 e 0,2, if I am not mistaken) and at 40 pg for estradiol. None of

them indicate that I am menopausal, but I am not having my periods and the

ultra-sound showed normal sized ovary with small follicles (like they are

dormant) and thin endometrius. It has been 7 months since my last chemo and 5

since I stopped zoladex. The hormone levels do not indicate I am menopausal, but

why I am not having my periods? They were very normal before. Could tamoxifen be

altering the hormonal levels? Am I expecting too much of my body too fast?

Should I go to an specialist? I am so tired of doctors... Does someone have an

explanation for this situation? The thought of

menopause now freaks me out...

Now, my breast ultrasound came back with BI-RADS 3, which means I need to have a

follow-up in a few months. I had such a déjà-vu situation the day of the

mammogram when the cancer was first detected... The technician kept asking me to

repeat the test and I kept remembering the day I had my first mammogram and when

everything began. But the onc doesn't seem concerned although he would like a

MRI, which my insurance doesn't cover. I have an appt. with my new breast doctor

(I am changing him and the onc) in Feb, just before I take my trip to US (very

excited about this!). Anyway, do I need to be more concerned with BI-RADS III?

Thank you girls for being there!

Hugs

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