Tamoxifen, Aromatase Inhibitors, low thyroid function

Hi Pam, Great to hear from you.  Apparently my physiology doesn't process these drugs.  I have tried all the Aramatose Inhibitors and Tamoxifen. What happens with me is that I am fine for about the first 9 weeks then 'BANG'.  All hell breaks loose.  Because I am not processing it, the drug builds up and becomes toxic.  I am seeing a fantastic Naturopath and my GP is also on his side.  I actually read a medical journal where specialists were talking about this subject saying 50% of women don't complete the 5 years of hormone therapy due to side effects and talked about there being plenty of plant based natural aramatose inhibitors and further research is needed . To my knowledge that never happened.  Naturopaths seem to know a lot about estrogen.  Apparently, not all estrogens are bad.  My Naturopath and GP believe my system may not have been processing estrogen as it should and the estrogen built up.  I have also started on a Paleo diet as my GP likens wheat and grains as the new nicotine!  She says it is poison.  I can't tell you how much better I feel off wheat.  For the first time in 20 years my breasts aren't tender and sore, I am not carrying fluid and IBS symptons are gone.  So between my GP and my Naturopath I am feeling better than I have for 20 years.  I did give my Oncologist the flick.  It comes down to this: When I got breast cancer they gave me an extra 4% if I had chemo - so I did it.  They gave me an extra 20% if I took hormone therapy.  Well, if I went through chemo for 4% why wouldn't I complete hormone treatment?  The answer is:  because I simply couldn't tolerate any of them at all!  The Oncologist didn't care if I died of other causes as long as it didn't involve a cancer cell.  I can tell you I would have died of other causes if I stayed on hormone therapy.  Suexx