CosBeauty Magazine #86
CosBeauty is the #BeautyAddict's guide to lifestyle, health and beauty in Australia. In this issue: - The 2019 Christmas Gift Guide - City Skin Detox - Fool Proof Steps for Party Survival - Diet is a Dirty Word - Hair Trends from Catwalk Zimmerman - Fertility Options for Cancer Survivors
CosBeauty is the #BeautyAddict's guide to lifestyle, health and beauty in Australia.
In this issue:
- The 2019 Christmas Gift Guide
- City Skin Detox
- Fool Proof Steps for Party Survival
- Diet is a Dirty Word
- Hair Trends from Catwalk Zimmerman
- Fertility Options for Cancer Survivors
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lucky that my breast surgeon, Dr<br />
Kylie Snook, was open with me from<br />
the start and was well schooled in all<br />
options available to me. She was the<br />
one who made me the appointment –<br />
she was like my case manager.<br />
‘Straight after my first surgery she<br />
told me I would need to do a round<br />
of IVF as an ‘insurance policy’ as<br />
chemotherapy was the only treatment<br />
for my type of cancer and she made<br />
me an appointment to see the IVF<br />
doctor. And then of course, my IVF<br />
doctor recommended I take Zoladex<br />
during chemotherapy, which turned<br />
my ovaries off through the duration of<br />
the treatment and protected my eggs.<br />
‘Even though Travers and I were<br />
in a long-term relationship, having<br />
children was way down the list of<br />
priorities for both of us at the time.<br />
We had just moved to Singapore<br />
for his work and I was about to<br />
start a two-year master’s program.<br />
The doctor recommended creating<br />
and freezing embryos as there was<br />
a higher success rate when it came<br />
to implanting them. Obviously, this<br />
was not my area of expertise, nor my<br />
partner’s, so we basically went with<br />
what the doctor recommended.<br />
‘And so, I had a lumpectomy<br />
followed by one round of IVF, which<br />
took about two weeks. The following<br />
week I started chemo. The most<br />
painful part was having to deal with<br />
the fact that suddenly I was staring<br />
down the barrel of a future I’d had no<br />
part in writing.<br />
‘In terms of the medical side,<br />
I basically became a human pin<br />
cushion. There were daily injections<br />
for two weeks to stimulate my<br />
ovaries, along with blood tests and<br />
ultrasounds every couple of days to<br />
track my progress. This was followed