Tamoxifen is definitely not a chemotherapy. Those people are idiots who keep saying it. It is a hormone blocking therapy. ..so really it is a type of targeted therapy. It has been around for at least 30 years that I know of and has even been used in elderly women with no surgery as it slows the cancer growth rate down.
https://www.bcna.org.au/understanding-breast-cancer/treatment/hormone-therapy/It is also now on the pbs for women who don't even have cancer but are high risk and can be ordered by GPs.
https://www.bcna.org.au/news/2016/10/tamoxifen-added-to-pbs-for-women-at-increased-risk-of-breast-cancer/Hopefully the nausea will settle soon, it might be just the changes to your body ..like pregnancy, the pill etc can impact.
I am so sorry about the reconstruction news. But I truly believe it is worth another opinion with another public health surgeon. Did they not even discuss fat transfer options to fill out the shape of your breast?
Kath x
