"Early menopause" and BC article

blcwebcafe.org/womenandbladdercancer.asp#menopause

Hi Sherri,

There's some info on the 'women's page' on the main site. I would not be worried that having surgery in October would cause anything like bladder cancer to appear so quickly. It takes years for tumors to grow. Perhaps the doctors mis-diagnosed your blood in the urine, and missed the bladder cancer until now. They almost never look for blc in young women, calling it "rare", even though pre-menopausal women with bladder cancer is almost as common as various GYN cancers.

I was put into chemical menopause at 43, for breast cancer. I sure hope it doesn't mean I will get bladder cancer too. When treatments ended after 5 yrs, my periods returned sporadically and the mood swings and cramps...are almost worse than having cancer! I hope I'm in "real" menopause now, I'm 51...last time the hormones hit (and almost killed me) was in June.

wendy

Sherrie,

Maybe Zach will come on here soon and help you to find that article.

However, in reading your post I see that you were having the symptom of blood in the urine before the onset of your sudden menopause. This makes me think that whatever is causing the blood was there at least a few months before your surgery.

In reading your post here and also in another thread I still can't determine if you have had a Dx of bladder cancer.

Just a word of caution, be careful of jumping to conclusions and making yourself scared.

Also, I'm curious to know if the mass on your ovary (?) was benign? I had a mass on my ovary many, many years ago, but it did not require a hysterectomy.

I'm just trying to get the full picture here.

Your new bud,
Rosemary

I had to have a emer. hyster. (called a TAH BSO) due to a mass on Oct 1st.But for months before that everytime time I went to the doctor,(I was in a lot of pain since May) my urine always came back + for blood with no bacteria. Now since I had my TAH BSO I am in sudden surgial menopause. I am still haveing the pain in my bladder & right kidney that the doctors thought were coming for the big mass I had in my R tube and on my R ovary. And the pain has gotten worst, so now I was being testing for bladder cancer.


I wonder if the BC might be because of my sudden memopause? I went to read articlem but got this message "The page you are seeking has expired and is no longer available at MSNBC.com."

Does anyone have the article? Or read it and give me a heads up on it? Is there a spell check here? I am so sleepy I know I have mispelled wromg and grammer mistakes :-[

Hang in there Mouse........it will get better. You're a baby......trust me. And when you get your staging or however they're doing it on the new scale let us know and we'll guide you thru it...........Pat

:'(Hi girls just been turbted age 46 no grade yet menopause at 38 only asked if i smoked. dont life just get better with age

OK....we've got it girls...now when the docs ask the next bladder cancer patient if they've smoked or been around dyes and chemicals they will also have to include standing on ones head or dancing on tables at Elvis concerts. We're definately on to something! Pat