Hormone therapy, is it worth it webcast
@kmakm Way to go , Kate! You were awesome! And thanks for having my drug holiday question featured too. I am doing a diary for it but had not contemplated continuing it after resuming the drug but now...
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Yes @kmakm. I take it in combination with Palbociclib.
17 years ago, when I was 47, I was diagnosed with invasive ductal carcinoma, I was given Tamoxifen. I actually have the sheet that I was given at the time.
It states that, with chemotherapy, because I was less than 50 years old and node positive, there was a 15% reduction in recurrence at 10 years. There was a 12% improvement in survival at 10 years.
There was a maximum benefit of Tamoxifen if given for 5 years.
There was a 15% reduction in recurrence at 10 years and an 11% improvement in survival at 10 years.
If only our bodies did as the statistics say they should!
I was also offered an oophorectomy which I declined. I have quite severe scoliosis. My mum and grandmother both had severe osteoporosis. My back is very misshapen but I stand very erect. I was not prepared to risk broken bones as my mum had experienced.
I am certain that I made the correct decision because even though I now have severe generalised mets in my bones, I have not broken any bones and I do not have any pain.
None of the side effects have been eliminated for those taking Tamoxifen. These included: hot flushes, vaginal bleeding, vaginal discharge, pruritis vulvae (itchiness), light headedness, skin rash, alopecia, occasional fluid retention and infrequent cases of endometrial, occular and haematological adverse events.
How far have we come in 17 years????
17 years ago, when I was 47, I was diagnosed with invasive ductal carcinoma, I was given Tamoxifen. I actually have the sheet that I was given at the time.
It states that, with chemotherapy, because I was less than 50 years old and node positive, there was a 15% reduction in recurrence at 10 years. There was a 12% improvement in survival at 10 years.
There was a maximum benefit of Tamoxifen if given for 5 years.
There was a 15% reduction in recurrence at 10 years and an 11% improvement in survival at 10 years.
If only our bodies did as the statistics say they should!
I was also offered an oophorectomy which I declined. I have quite severe scoliosis. My mum and grandmother both had severe osteoporosis. My back is very misshapen but I stand very erect. I was not prepared to risk broken bones as my mum had experienced.
I am certain that I made the correct decision because even though I now have severe generalised mets in my bones, I have not broken any bones and I do not have any pain.
None of the side effects have been eliminated for those taking Tamoxifen. These included: hot flushes, vaginal bleeding, vaginal discharge, pruritis vulvae (itchiness), light headedness, skin rash, alopecia, occasional fluid retention and infrequent cases of endometrial, occular and haematological adverse events.
How far have we come in 17 years????