Tamoxifen: to take or not to take?
One of my tumours (i have multi focal) was e+ by only a small amount, so I am borderline for tamoxifen. Professor of Gynecology (who i met about genetics and risk of gyno cancer due to family history...
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Just skimming over all these posts and replies and it seems you've made your decision Louise. That's great. I just wanted to add my little bit to reassure you. I've been taking tamoxifen for about 10 months now and there is really no side effect that I can definitely attribute to it.
I do get mild hot flushes but they started during/just after chemo and may be due to chemo-induced early menopause (I'm 47). Sometimes I wake up very early but I used to do that before I took tamoxifen and I find it hard to lose the little bit of excess weight that I have but again I've always struggled to lose weight. And thankfully I haven't gained any weight.
So really I have no definite tamoxifen side-effects. I think if you eat a healthy diet and exercise regularly you will be fine. I was scared about taking it too after reading so many horror stories on the internet beforehand but it's turned out to be fine. I'm just grateful that it is available to reduce the chance of recurrance. Good luck. I hope it is okay for you too. Janet :)