Nerve pain after surgery and tamoxifen

Hi Ness

I had similar surgery to you and I also had the terrible nerve pain early on. I used to put a cold pack under my armpit to ease the burning sensation and it does help some. I found also that taking your pain killers (paracetamol or whatever you take) with an anti-histamine type medication (I was prescribed Restavit) works really well also and can help you get some sleep to heal as an added bonus!

Not sure if it's the same pain but I was also given 'endep' for the nerve pain I got during chemo and that also worked quite well.

I sympathise with you on the worrying about Tamoxifen front, I am only 34 and am having the same internal battle about whether I want to take it. I am already suffering with menopause symptoms from my chemo and really don't want it to get any worse or prolonged by taking Tamoxifen. Night sweats and constant hot flushes are very unpleasant, the problem i'm having is sweating off all the creams I'm putting on to try protect my skin while going through radio! Very frustrating:(

On the other hand I have a friend who is on Tamoxifen and she has had almost no side effects at all! So maybe you could start taking it and see what happens and re-assess if it is too bad?!?

Good luck anyway gorgeous! Hope you get some relief from the nerve pain soon xxx