starting chemo and worried about infertility & daily life

Hi Everyone,

I'm 27 and recently found out I have stage 4 bowel cancer.

I had a operation to remove multiple tumours in my abdomen which now means I have a massive cut from my breasts to my pelvis but I feel very lucky that they where able to remove 95% .Unfortunately one of the tumours was in my ovary. So that was removed but they've kept the other one due to my age and not yet had children.

im worried that Chemo is going to make me infertile so I won't be able to have kids. And at 27 that's hard to process.

plus side I have been told the chemo they plan to use I will unlikely lose hair maybe a bit of thinning any tips to help with thinning? 
Also how is having Chemo going to effect my day to day as I plan to return to work once I have recovered from my operation.

thank you x

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    Hi Georgie,

    A very warm welcome to our forum.

    I am so sorry to hear of your diagnosis and of your current concerns., but I am so glad to hear that you have had a reply from Clars, telling you about the fertility treatment that she was offered. At your age, I would have expected you to have been given advice about fertility. I understand that your eggs can also be saved for later. 

    Please phone your specialist nurse and ask about this. She can arrange another appointment for you to discuss this with your consultant, if she can't answer all of your questions.

    Please keep in touch and let us know how you get on. We are always here for you.

    Kind regards,

    Jolamine xx

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    Hi Georgie,

    A very warm welcome to our forum.

    I am so sorry to hear of your diagnosis and of your current concerns., but I am so glad to hear that you have had a reply from Clars, telling you about the fertility treatment that she was offered. At your age, I would have expected you to have been given advice about fertility. I understand that your eggs can also be saved for later. 

    Please phone your specialist nurse and ask about this. She can arrange another appointment for you to discuss this with your consultant, if she can't answer all of your questions.

    Please keep in touch and let us know how you get on. We are always here for you.

    Kind regards,

    Jolamine xx

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