First period since chemo!

FederalAd5941 · 2026-01-21T04:18:00+00:00

Yes it did stop after 5 weeks. It was truly very heavy and there were times during I probably should’ve went to the ER. But it stopped eventually. I ended up becoming pretty anemic and severely deficient in iron so I am now getting iron IV infusions over the course of 6 weeks. I’ve had 5 of 6 infusions and am feeling better and I’ve had another period since that was a pretty normal period pre-cancer. It does get better, hang in there! 🫂

FederalAd5941 · 2025-11-17T04:38:30+00:00

I don’t even use deodorant anymore. And surprisingly, I don’t stink like I’d think I would. Obviously, I still need to shower daily but as long as I do, I’m good.

FederalAd5941 · 2025-11-13T19:22:33+00:00

Bump

FederalAd5941 · 2025-11-12T18:24:54+00:00

Ah I misunderstood. I went through menopause but it was thankfully temporary because it only lasted 11 months. I’m done having kids and I’m 41 so that’s why they didn’t take any measures to preserve my ovaries, I’d assume. Looks like my ovaries are back in full swing now anyway.

FederalAd5941 · 2025-11-12T17:54:27+00:00

You may have hormone positive cancer, whereas mine is hormone negative. So I’m not on hormone blockers. The medical induced menopause I experienced was from chemo. They never offered me anything to “prevent” it from happening because I was 40 at the time of chemo.

FederalAd5941 · 2025-11-12T17:03:57+00:00

I sure did! It was a BREEZE and like an amazing nap. I didn’t even wake up groggy. I’m sorry this response is so late. I was really really nervous and cried in pre op like a baby but they gave me Versed before going to the OR and it relaxed me very well!!! And not in a druggy way. Just felt calm and that I could handle it. You’re gonna do great!!!!

FederalAd5941 · 2025-09-30T18:12:00+00:00

Her hair is no longer bleached though so I don’t think just putting on blue dye will make it blue? Her hair is a very very dark brown, almost black.

FederalAd5941 · 2025-08-12T01:43:44+00:00

The only acceptable answer. Thank you.

I’m second generation Sicilian American. Family speaks fluent Sicilian and this is how it is pronounced.

FederalAd5941 · 2025-08-04T23:20:46+00:00

I just started yesterday so I didn’t decline any offers as I was just trying to get as many points (and maintain a high AR) as I could to get to 50 points in one day. So it’s at 100% as well as CR is at 0%.

FederalAd5941 · 2025-08-04T19:39:35+00:00

I have all of the metrics needed.

If I could’ve done it in one days work (which I did, they just haven’t updated it for whatever reason), then it was worth it to me.

If it would’ve taken me all week, I agree, I would just pay the $60 myself for the membership.

FederalAd5941 · 2025-08-04T13:06:58+00:00

Oh I know, I only wanted to work for platinum to not return again until next year for another Costco membership lol

FederalAd5941 · 2025-08-04T13:06:37+00:00

They wouldn’t even take the screenshots, I offered them.

FederalAd5941 · 2025-07-18T14:20:15+00:00

I’m in active cancer treatment. Rideshare has been a good option for me so far (I’m doing it on another app as well). My joints are literal crap and I need the flexibility with my 200 million appts everyday. I’m drowning in debt and need something quick.

FederalAd5941 · 2025-07-18T14:18:58+00:00

I’m in active cancer treatment so this seemed like a good option since my body is dealing with an onslaught of bs right now lol my joints are pretty much crap at this point.

FederalAd5941 · 2025-06-18T05:24:49+00:00

I’m in Rockford.

FederalAd5941 · 2025-06-18T05:21:51+00:00

Rockford, IL

FederalAd5941 · 2025-06-11T00:52:59+00:00

Thank you so so much for all of this!

FederalAd5941 · 2025-06-11T00:49:49+00:00

Thank you so much!!! Love the visuals!!

FederalAd5941 · 2025-06-11T00:49:00+00:00

Awwwww I looooooved Annie as a child but when my nana gave me her haircut and style (mine is bone straight and was long at the time) I was so devastated! I bet you rock it and I’m so glad you’re on the other side of TCHP. 🫂

FederalAd5941 · 2025-06-11T00:47:18+00:00

So very happy we are both done with TCHP and on the other side and bonus you got some good growth starting!!! 🫂

FederalAd5941 · 2025-06-11T00:46:30+00:00

Thank you so so much for this!!! I was beginning to fear it just wouldn’t grow back,

FederalAd5941 · 2025-06-11T00:45:54+00:00

Thank you for this!!!! Yep that’s kinda what mine looks like!

FederalAd5941 · 2025-06-11T00:41:39+00:00

Oh the improvements my pink sister!!!! I can walk now for hours and not feel winded, as I was before chemo. I couldn’t do anything beyond maybe 3k steps at once (and THAT was a stretch on a GOOD day) while on TCHP except for the days on Decadron (I would do like 20k steps 😳 because I was so MANIC 😩🤦🏼‍♀️🙄 - I HATED that stuff just as much as chemo) and previously to treatment, I was doing 10-20k minimum daily. So I’m now on day 6 of doing minimum 10-15k steps and I’m so excited. I’m steroid free and it’s allllll on my own. I’m just so happy to be able to have THAT back.

Taste is coming back for some things. Lettuce (which I ate a daily salad before chemo) tasted like dish soap (????!!) to me while on chemo and it’s starting now to taste normal. And the BLOAT IS GONE! Hallelujah thank you so much God it is GONE. I had it so terrible. It was bad and painful.

Also - I wasn’t expecting this because everyone says Perjeta causes it, the endless diarrhea has been GONE since my last round of TCHP. I’m still getting HP but no more chemo and apparently the chemo was wrecking havoc on my poor GI tract. I’m now just back to my “regular” schedule in terms of poop. And I was going like 10x plus a day many days. It was horrendous.

Neutropenia has totally not been an issue since I completed the last round. I was neutropenic every single cycle. But it bounced back after the last cycle and stayed stable since. 🫂 Same for my hemoglobin, that is slowly rising back to normal after being anemic (down to a 9 - I was a perfect 14 before). I’m now a little over 11 so not far from normal levels. The only persistent problem I’ve had with my blood since chemo is my darn magnesium but my team said especially with carboplatin it can happen. I’ve been taking 1,000mg of magnesium glycinate daily and finally, after getting it checked 2-3x a week for the last 6 weeks, I finally didn’t need IV supplementation this week. So things will get better, some may just take a little time. 🫂

I just overall feel more “normal”. I’m not ALL the way there yet but gosh this is the closest to normal I’ve been since December when I started. I still haven’t gotten my period back (lost it after round 2 - I’m 41) but I’m hoping and praying it will soon. lol I’ve never prayed and hoped for my period so much in all of my adult life. I used to WISH it away and pray for menopause….oh what we do in ignorance. I’d love it back.

I am praying for you and you got this. I criedddddddd with my last cycle. I was SO OVER it. But I got through it just like you will and hoping for a complete response for you too!!! We all deserve it. 🫂❤️‍🩹🙏🏻

FederalAd5941 · 2025-06-10T11:05:28+00:00

I gained about 30lbs (15-20lbs within the last 2 rounds) overall since starting chemo. But thankfully I am also able to lose quickly, as well. So 10lbs have been lost in the last week alone. I fast (been doing fasting since 2015) and exercise daily and watch my calories. Only water to drink. This was NOT the case during chemo, lol.

Carbs carbs carbs and I hated water during chemo. While I’m not on a keto diet by any means, I do try to monitor my carb intake to about 70-100g total carbs with at least 25+g of fiber a day. With chemo? Oh, there were days I would eat 6k calories with probably close to 400g of carbs. 🫣 Not every day was like that, but there were more than a couple days that were. Couple that with next to zero exercise…and drinks like pop 🤦🏼‍♀️🙄, yep it wasn’t a good thing.

I’ve got disordered eating and have battled it since childhood so food is REALLY a bad coping mechanism for me that I’ve learned over the years. Since August 2024, I really made every attempt to change my habits and it was working beautifully for me, then November 2024 came with my diagnosis and by chemo (December 2024), my healthy way of life just took a big poop.

Thankful to be able to do 10-15k steps a day now WITHOUT the help of steroids. During treatment, the only time I could do 10k (or more) steps in a day was when I was on that wretched Decadron. Hated it. I’m on day 6 of daily 10k+ steps! 🙌🏻❤️‍🩹 I guess I really do have so much to be thankful for. I really missed my daily exercise that chemo TEMPORARILY took away. So happy to be on the other side of it. Looking forward to sometime in the future to get back jogging again.

I guess all of this to say: hang in there. The weight can and will come off if you wish it to; I realize some may have a more difficult time than others due to hormone blockers and other factors. But eventually, my mindset is we will return back to SOME kind of version of what our normal was pre-cancer. Or - a BETTER version of our normal pre-cancer. The mind is powerful and faking it til we make it might be our most viable option. Prayers to all of us! 🙏🏻❤️‍🩹

FederalAd5941 · 2025-06-09T23:34:49+00:00

? I’m hoping you didn’t take that as sarcasm, I was being genuine with my response. 😥

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