If you have been following along you will remember that I was on the Lupron shot through treatment and surgery to slow the blood flow to my ovaries to protect them from chemotherapy for when we decided to have children in the future. The Lupron shot basically puts your body into a temporary state of menopause and you do not have a period. One of the biggest side effects I experienced from the Lupron shot were hot flashes and they always seemed to take place in the car. Now imagine this… driving in the middle of Winter in Spokane, Wa all bundled up because it’s FREEZING and then boom. HOT FLASH. Panicking because you can’t get your seatbelt and clothes off fast enough, windows down, head out the window. Yup, this probably happened on the daily. After surgery was even worse because I wasn’t allowed to move my arms for about 5 weeks, so when the hot flashes happened it was miserable, just needed to sweat it out sometimes. The best part is my mom was going through menopause at the same time, so at least there was someone who understood. How odd basically being in menopause with your mother.
Now, when I got my period back after 10 months of being on the Lupron shot it came back FULL FORCE. It took a few months for my body to regulate, but when it did it was the worst period I have ever had. Now, about a year later I am still having irregular periods. Sometimes 6 weeks apart and sometimes 2 weeks apart (yes, I have taken a lot of pregnancy tests). Sometimes heavy sometimes light. Headed into this next stage of the process of trying IVF in a few months they will eventually put me back on birth control to regulate my cycle, however what a fricken roller coaster.
Mandafit 