#8467 10-05-2006 03:37 AM | Joined: Sep 2006 Posts: 6 Member | OP  Member
Joined: Sep 2006 Posts: 6 | Well for the past 2 years I have been in perimenopause now with SCC it has pushed me through the door. I don't know if that is good or bad. The constant hot flashes are nasty and uncomfortable but atleast there is is no monthly issues anymore. Has this happened to any other ladies out there?
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#8468 10-05-2006 05:32 AM | Joined: Apr 2004 Posts: 837 "Above & Beyond" Member (300+ posts) | | "Above & Beyond" Member (300+ posts)
Joined: Apr 2004 Posts: 837 | It didn't happen to me. I was diagnosed right after I turned 39 and treated immediately thereafter. The dreaded hot flashes didn't hit me until I was well past 50.
Cathy
Tongue SCC (T2M0N0), poorly differentiated, diagnosed 3/89, partial glossectomy and neck dissection 4/89, radiation from early June to late August 1989
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#8469 10-09-2006 12:58 AM | Joined: Nov 2002 Posts: 541 "Above & Beyond" Member (500+ posts) | | "Above & Beyond" Member (500+ posts)
Joined: Nov 2002 Posts: 541 | I was told that the treatment might push me to an early menopause and it did apply to me. I had regular period before and during treatment and I was not yet ready for menopause. But when the treatment completed, I just had period for 2 more times ( a few months apart) and then that was it. I didn't experience any hot flashes or discomfort of menopause, as some of my friends went through. So I consider the early menopause good to me because I need not suffer from the monthly menstrual pain any more.
Karen
Karen stage 4B (T3N3M0)tonsil cancer diagnosed in 9/2001.Concurrent chemo-radiation treatment ( XRT x 48 /Cisplatin x 4) ended in 12/01. Have been in remission ever since.
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#8470 10-09-2006 02:00 AM | Joined: Feb 2005 Posts: 2,019 Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts) | | Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts)
Joined: Feb 2005 Posts: 2,019 | The surgery and treatment pushed me from regular periods to only haivng one every 4-6 months. But after rad and chemo was over, I was also put on Tamoxifen for the breast cancer I was being treated for, and that also has an effect so it's a combination of a bunch of things. I have some hot flashes, not too many (knock on wood). I just turned 48--it was going to happen sometime soon anyway! Like you and Karen, I don't miss cramps and other "monthly issues"......
Nelie
SCC(T2N0M0) part.glossectomy & neck dissect 2/9/05 & 2/25/05.33 IMRT(66 Gy),2 Cisplatin ended 06/03/05.Stage I breast cancer treated 2/05-11/05.Surgery to remove esophageal stricture 07/06, still having dilatations to keep esophagus open.Dysphagia. "When you're going through hell, keep going"
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#8471 10-09-2006 06:00 PM | Joined: Jul 2003 Posts: 382 Likes: 3 Platinum Member (300+ posts) | | Platinum Member (300+ posts)
Joined: Jul 2003 Posts: 382 Likes: 3 | Penny- I was 50 when I started treatment. No one mentioned that it could push me into, through, or past menopause. But everything just up and stopped with the first chemo treatment! I look at it as a rather nice side effect of treatment  - Kris
SCC Stage IV left tonsil neck disection 3/02 radiation finished 6/02 chemo finished 9/02
Stage 2A left breast cancer 3/09, chemo and radiation, finished treatment 2/7/10 -Stage 2 right beast cancer 10/14 chemo and radiation
Every day is still a gift :-)
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#8472 10-10-2006 06:14 AM | Joined: Jun 2006 Posts: 6 Member | | Member
Joined: Jun 2006 Posts: 6 | I seem to be menopausal after surgery, but I'm also 50 years old, so it may be coincidental. The hot flashes are definitely preferable to the frequent periods I was having during perimenopause.
Marni
SCC right rear tongue, T2N0, diagnosed Feb 06. Partial glossectomy, partial neck dissection (26 nodes clean), flap from thigh, Mar 06.
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#8473 10-11-2006 05:05 AM | Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 1,116 Patient Advocate (1000+ posts) | | Patient Advocate (1000+ posts)
Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 1,116 | Penny, yes, I was 45 when I finished radiation and my gyn told me it had pushed me into early menopause (periods stopped), however, after two years I started back on track, now, at age 49, I am hot flashing a LOT!! Not sure what is next, I will see my gyn in November, maybe she can figure it out. SMILE, Carol
Diagnosed May 2002 with Stage IV tongue cancer, two lymph nodes positive. Surgery to remove 1/2 tongue, neck dissection, 35 radiation treatments. 11/2007, diagnosed with cancer of soft palate, surgery 12/14/07, jaw split. 3/24/10, cancer on tongue behind flap, need petscan, surgery scheduled 4/16/10
---update passed away 8-27-11---
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