I wondered what exactly chemo does to a person’s body that forces our reproductivity to end. So in addition to being injected with poison to kill my cancer, there was also a chance that once I completed treatment, my ovaries would be failing and I would be experiencing the same side effects my mother experienced in her 50s.
“This usually starts in the mid to late 40s but can start as early as your 30s.” “As menopause approaches, increasing symptoms such as hot flashes, irregular periods and vaginal dryness signal perimenopause, meaning your ovaries are starting to fail in terms of producing cyclic estrogen and progesterone,” he tells SheKnows. Steve Vasilev, a gynecologic oncologist and medical director of integrative gynecologic oncology at John Wayne Cancer Institute, premenopausal years are the reproductive years before menopause occurs. I had never even heard the terms premenopausal and perimenopausal before I had been diagnosed most young women haven’t. I wasn’t even sure if I wanted to keep the plant my ex had given me, let alone have a child at some point, and now there was a chance that I could go into menopause? At 32? What chemo does to your period If you are perimenopausal, which is possible, there’s a greater chance the chemo will speed up the menopause process.” If you’re thinking about having children, you might want to think about freezing your eggs. It’s not guaranteed, but it’s a possibility. “The chemotherapy could push you into early menopause. “We can assume that you are premenopausal due to your age,” my oncologist explained. Somewhere between my mastectomy and the start of my 12 rounds of chemotherapy, I was asked if I’d like to hear options about freezing my eggs.
There were surgeries to be scheduled and appointments to be made. I was 32 and single when I was diagnosed with breast cancer and was faced with obscene amounts of information. But for people who menstruate, there is a side effect many of us don’t even think about, especially when diagnosed at a younger age. Some people will experience hair loss, nausea, changes in taste, loss of feeling in their extremities - this list goes on and on. Each type is different - the snowflakes of medicine if you will - and their side effects vary. When you’re diagnosed with cancer of any type, there’s a good chance your team of doctors will recommend some type of chemotherapy.
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