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Chevvy
4 years agoMember
Hi lovely. Not good to hear your having struggles. Does appear everyone's journey on HT is different but if it gives you any hope I have been on Tamoxifen for 11 months now and the side effects have settled dramatically, almost like the body has got used to taking it. But it did take a good 6-8 months to get to that point. The first few months there wasn't a joint in my body that didn't ache, some days it felt like I'd got into an argument with a truck and come off more than 2nd best, got the hot flushes, night and day sweats etc, pretty much every side effect you could read about... but I pushed thru and now whilst there are definitely still side effects, particularly insomnia, they are absolutely manageable.. mind you, wait till the mood swings hit, lol... oh my goodness my poor family don't know whether to hug me, or go hide all the knifes 😊... its great tho, you can just blame the meds and get away with it. !! HT is shitty, its pushing your body to do something it doesn't want to do, but its also giving you a better chance of that blasted cancer not coming back, a good thing to focus on when the days are particularly brutal. Hope it settles for you soon, give it time. All the best in your journey... 🤗