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Vaginal atrophy. Why didn't someone warn me?
There’s a long list of things nobody warns you about when you go through cancer treatment. It is fairly well known that chemotherapy, radiation therapy and significant surgery all carry risks and sid...
I have had intensive therapy - DBT for more than two years and it changed my life. I finally started living the life I should have had.
The breast cancer diagnosis wasn't a big deal, the surgery (both of them) wasn't a big deal, the recovery from the surgery wasn't a big deal. My partner was supportive.
Tamoxifen - for ten days - had a greater effect on me than all of the rest of it.
FFS - I know what my clitoris and labia looked and felt like. After ten days on Tamoxifen they disappeared. I wasn't suicidal until the tamoxifen. I did not have PMS, hot flushes, night sweats, insomnia and the rest of those symptoms until the Tamoxifen.
I want a better life than what Tamoxifen will let me have.
The breast cancer diagnosis wasn't a big deal, the surgery (both of them) wasn't a big deal, the recovery from the surgery wasn't a big deal. My partner was supportive.
Tamoxifen - for ten days - had a greater effect on me than all of the rest of it.
FFS - I know what my clitoris and labia looked and felt like. After ten days on Tamoxifen they disappeared. I wasn't suicidal until the tamoxifen. I did not have PMS, hot flushes, night sweats, insomnia and the rest of those symptoms until the Tamoxifen.
I want a better life than what Tamoxifen will let me have.