How my side effects from chemotherapy felt like artificial menopause
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Laura, Survivor
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The side effects of being put into artificial menopause, they weren’t that bad. Yes I got my hot flashes just like every other older woman gets when they start the menopause, I got the night sweats, but other than that, it really wasn’t that bad. You have so much else going on in your life, whether it be the chemotherapy or surgery or your family life going on, holidays, you’re focused on other things. So for me to have to sweat, it just wasn’t a big deal. And to me, that just wasn’t important.
