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Final oncologist visit for 3 months and Tamoxifen
So I had my final visit to the oncologist for a while. Get a reprieve till November. I am menopausal but my ovaries are trying to get things going again apparently. I am to start on tamoxifen but hav...
@"Kiwi Angel" you managed to work your way through chemo, no mean feat. I remember reading your iniitial posts thinking ''Hm, you are going to need a mountain of luck and determination if you want to do that.'
There is a great deal of focus on the possible side effects of Tamoxifen and the AIs, I think you now have the experience to realise that not everybody has all the misery, and that even if the drugs do not agree with you, it might take weeks, or months, to figure out how badly you are affected. Take a breath before you leap into the next unknown, it may not be as bad as you have been lead to expect. Mxx
There is a great deal of focus on the possible side effects of Tamoxifen and the AIs, I think you now have the experience to realise that not everybody has all the misery, and that even if the drugs do not agree with you, it might take weeks, or months, to figure out how badly you are affected. Take a breath before you leap into the next unknown, it may not be as bad as you have been lead to expect. Mxx