Category Archives: Menopause

May 12, 2020 It has been 5 months since having my ovaries removed! Hot flashes continue to be tolerable. My weight on the other hand…. HAH! Major problem! Gained a whopping 5-10 pounds since the surgery. WTF. So frustrating. Also, after surgery I was trying so hard… eating healthy and working out at the YMCAContinue reading “Menopause and weight gain”

July 14, 2019 I got another Lupron shot on Wednesday! (The ovary shut-down med). So far so good! Short and tolerable hot flashes.. maybe 5 a day and I toss and turn at night. But not too bad!  I was totally in my head and convinced my cancer was back last week…🙄 I had aContinue reading “Holy hot flashes”

June 29, 2019 My oncologist Dr. Civilleo referred me down to Boston to see a breast cancer specialist at Dana Farber. She wanted me to learn more about “post treatment” and preventing reoccurence. So a little over a month ago I went down and met with Dr. Erica Mayer and immediately was impressed by herContinue reading “Menopause here I come”