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Any success stories of pregnancy after chemo?

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Hi,

I'm currently having treatment for tongue cancer. This is a six week treatment programme of daily radiotherapy and weekly chemotherapy. My chemotherapy drug is called Cisplatin and before treatment began I was told by my Oncologist that infertility isn't affected by this drug. However, when reading up on this, all I can find is that fertility is affected. I am only 33 and am deeply saddened by the news as I do not know what my future holds yet. I'm told I have a high chance of my cancer being cured which is amazing news but I'm very down hearted to hear that I may be infertile afterwards. How will I know if this is the case?

I just wondered if anyone has any experience of this or knows of anyone who did go on to have a child after Cisplatin or any other chemo drug. How do other women cope with this news if they find out they are infertile? This is on my mind such a lot at the moment.

Thanks for reading.

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    Hi Nicola

    I sort of came at this from a different angle but i throught i would post as it relates to fertility.I was 37 when they found my cancer .I was straight in at stage 4 so more children were definately not an option.I was on 6 rounds of high dose FEC(chemo) tamoxifen and the  injections(forgot what they are called) -all of which are suppose to bring on menapause.My periods did stop but i was still worried about getting pregnant, as while i could acept that more children was not an option i was not sure i could cope with the idea of an abortion. They tested my hormones and it turned out i was right to worry - in theory i could still have got pregnant-so hopefully this is a good sign for you

    I have  read of other women who went on to have children after chemo.

    Have you found the lavander trust site.It is for younger women so there will be people on there dealing with the same issues

    If you want a back up plan perhaps you could think about having your eggs frozen.

    I hope all goes as well as possiable

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    Hi Nicola

    I sort of came at this from a different angle but i throught i would post as it relates to fertility.I was 37 when they found my cancer .I was straight in at stage 4 so more children were definately not an option.I was on 6 rounds of high dose FEC(chemo) tamoxifen and the  injections(forgot what they are called) -all of which are suppose to bring on menapause.My periods did stop but i was still worried about getting pregnant, as while i could acept that more children was not an option i was not sure i could cope with the idea of an abortion. They tested my hormones and it turned out i was right to worry - in theory i could still have got pregnant-so hopefully this is a good sign for you

    I have  read of other women who went on to have children after chemo.

    Have you found the lavander trust site.It is for younger women so there will be people on there dealing with the same issues

    If you want a back up plan perhaps you could think about having your eggs frozen.

    I hope all goes as well as possiable

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