Tamoxifen & side effects
:) Hi, I am currently on Letrozole, but may be changed to Tamoxifen due to poor bone density. Just wondering who is on Tamoxifen & what if any side effects you have experienced. Cheers, Sue
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After a few years on Tamoxifen I still have, I won't say hot flushes as its more than that, I have hot and cold flushes. It seems my body has gone back to baby stage and I have coat on coat off at any time of the day or night. I have learned to live with it so no biggie.
My hands and toes are red and if I have my big toes in the sun too much the nail beds start to recede like I am back in chemo. I avoid being out in the sun unprotected during high solar hours.
I do live life lethargic and it is purely from Tamoxifen. Many side effects get blamed on Tamoxifen and it is only menopause or past chemo treatments but the tiredness is pure Tamoxifen as I went off of it for a month and it was bliss!
See a good eye specialist regularly. I was having burst blood vessels in my eyes. Once a year for a year or two but since I have developed SVT (probably from chemo) the beta blockers for that seem to be helping the eyes so my optometrist is happy.
I also get hard little sebum pimples mostly on my chin. During my month off of Tamoxifen, most of them went away but now they are back so thats a Tamoxfen side effect of mine. No amount of facial scrubs can get rid of the hard little pimples so I live with it for now.
Next month I think my oncologist will be starting me on Femara so I will be after tips from you on side effects then.
I had achy stiff joints and bone aches for ages but most of that seems to have passed now.
My hands and toes are red and if I have my big toes in the sun too much the nail beds start to recede like I am back in chemo. I avoid being out in the sun unprotected during high solar hours.
I do live life lethargic and it is purely from Tamoxifen. Many side effects get blamed on Tamoxifen and it is only menopause or past chemo treatments but the tiredness is pure Tamoxifen as I went off of it for a month and it was bliss!
See a good eye specialist regularly. I was having burst blood vessels in my eyes. Once a year for a year or two but since I have developed SVT (probably from chemo) the beta blockers for that seem to be helping the eyes so my optometrist is happy.
I also get hard little sebum pimples mostly on my chin. During my month off of Tamoxifen, most of them went away but now they are back so thats a Tamoxfen side effect of mine. No amount of facial scrubs can get rid of the hard little pimples so I live with it for now.
Next month I think my oncologist will be starting me on Femara so I will be after tips from you on side effects then.
I had achy stiff joints and bone aches for ages but most of that seems to have passed now.