What they don't tell you!

Oh jeez, what a dreadful rant. I'm so sorry to any estrogen positve women about to start tamoxifen that I've brought down with that post. It's really not as bad as all that. Most of the time I'm extremely grateful that my cancer was caught early and that I haven't suffered too severely with the treatment side effects. I'm even grateful in a way for the tamoxifen as it apparently reduces my chances of recurrance by a significant 12%.I feel extrardinarily lucky to have a second chance. I guess every so often though, I have a "why me?" moment. It's terrible what sleep deprivation will do to you!Yes the hair thing is a pain but it's growing, I just have to be patient. Otherwise Ness I would say don't worry too much about the tamoxifen. It seems to have different effects for everyone (haven't heard of it affecting teeth before Janey). I find my side effects are usually managable. I just have to be a bit more disciplined about eating healthy food, exercising regularly, avoiding alcohol (which disrupts my sleep and makes the hot flushes worse), not consuming tea/coffee after about 2pm and not drinking too many fluids in the evening (so I don't wake up needing to go the toilet). Maybe I had too many coffees the other day.So in a way, BC has put me on a healthier path. I'd probably still be guzzling loads of diet coke, avoiding vegetables and knocking back the chardonnay a little too often if it wasn't for my diagnosis. Maybe in the long run I'll be better off.