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Phase 2 and Oopherectomy

Well, my surgery didn't end up happening in December due to a rise in COVID numbers, but I did have it at the end of January.  Since surgery was getting pushed back, I was put on Tamoxifen soon after I found out instead of waiting until after surgery because we didn't want to put it off too long. I was on it for about a month and had to stop. It made me extremely depressed and I was terrified that it would get to the point where I'd be unsafe. I was then put on Letrozole and had to get a Zoladex shot every 4 weeks until my ovaries were taken out.  The Zoladex stopped my ovaries from working and told my body I was now menopausal.  This was necessary to allow the Letrozole to work properly.  This put me immediately into a chemically induced menopause so for the next two weeks after initially starting on these meds (I had to start the Letrozole 2 weeks after my initial Zoladex shot) and my body started freaking out.  I felt like I was crazy.  The hot flashes h...