A neverending story ... Tamoxifen
Good morning, I had my yearly blood test to see how my hormone levels are. What can I say ... 13 months of Tamoxifen and obviously it is not doing it's job. My estrogen level is up again. Anybody e...
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I had a really good heart to heart with a friend of mine in the pathology field after my initial diagnosis fiasco.
She was very good at helping me get my head around the limitations of the screening procedures.
One thing she did mention, and I only remember it vaguely as it didn't really involve me at the time, was that Tamoxifen is under investigation at the moment because it has been shown to stop working after a while. Apparently you need to have some sort of tests to examine if it is still working for you.
I am sorry to be so vague, but it did stick in my mind, perhaps you can ask more questions about it with the experts.
She was very good at helping me get my head around the limitations of the screening procedures.
One thing she did mention, and I only remember it vaguely as it didn't really involve me at the time, was that Tamoxifen is under investigation at the moment because it has been shown to stop working after a while. Apparently you need to have some sort of tests to examine if it is still working for you.
I am sorry to be so vague, but it did stick in my mind, perhaps you can ask more questions about it with the experts.