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A 23-year-old cancer survivor has shared the shock she felt when told the chemotherapy treatment needed for a recently diagnosed cancer might affect whether she could have a baby afterwards, and the precautionary egg freezing she had as a result. Nail technician Georgia Hall said: “I was never in any doubt about having my eggs frozen to preserve my fertility once I knew about the risk of chemo causing infertility. I am so grateful the procedure was available to me, and thankful to the team at BCRM who made it happen.
While receiving cancer treatment can be life-saving, it can also have adverse side effects on your health. Some cancer treatments may affect your fertility, for example, which can make it difficult to have children afterwards without support from fertility treatments. However, there are many fertility preservation methods available for men and women to use during this challenging chapter of their lives. In this blog post, we explain how cancer treatments affect your fertility and explore the various options you can use to preserve it for use in the future.