The Uncertainty of Babies after Cancer
The timeline is short. In fact, we once thought there would never be a timeline at all. When my oncologist first told me about the impact chemotherapy could have on my ovaries, the ten years of hormone treatment post-chemo, and the medical menopause I would be in during chemo, I wept for a future I had always dreamed of that was now in jeopardy. I remember looking at my friend with tears in my eyes and uttering four devastating words: that means no babies. In reality, it didn't mean no babies, but the swift weight of how complicated life would now be hit hard. Cancer makes many seemingly easy decisions a challenge. When I first met Jeff and he asked about my hot flashes (super sexy first date convo) I told him about the medical menopause I was in to try and save my ovaries from chemo and how I may not be able to have children in the future. It wasn't a conversation I ever thought I would have to have with a cute guy I was falling in love with. Once we got married, I had b