Breaking news - extended Tamoxifen beneficial

I went to see my oncologist yesterday and mentioned the longer period of taking tamoxifen.  She is a highly regarded oncologist in Perth (Prof Arlene Chan) and told me a couple of things to make me possibly change my mind on this.  Firstly she said that, in some women, it has given them a better outcome BUT it increases the risk of blood clots and endometrial cancer two-fold if you take it for over the normal 5 years!  Both of these are potentially life threatening conditions.  She said that she will talk to me about options closer to when I come off the drug (January 2016) and by then there may be other alternatives.  She did say that if I am in menopause by then (I am currently 45 and no sign of it yet!) then there is a different group of drugs that she would probably put me on which have none of the side affects.

I guess I will just wait and see what she suggests in 2016.  At the moment, I seem to have no major side affects from the tamoxifen, other than the hot flushes, so I guess I am lucky :)