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Nerve pain after surgery and tamoxifen
Hi Ladies,
Its been one week now since I had my lumpectomy and sentinel lymph node biopsy and Ive been really lucky- cancer was still grade one and didn't spread to any lymph nodes. My treatment ...
Hi Ness
Ive been on tamoxifen since mid November and found that apart from the hot flushes no other symptoms seem to have appeared. I make a point of trying to get up and exercise early in the day as I have read that it might help in reducing the severity and frequency of the flushes.
2 and a bit months in and exercise really does seem to help me. My flushes aren't as frequent nor as severe on the days that I exercise. Small price in time to pay in order to get relief for much of the day. I still get one or two that wake me overnight but that's reduced from 5 or 6 wake ups so I'm hoping it keeps improving.
Not sure about fertility - my period hasn't returned. I'm 41 so perhaps it won't!
My nerve stuff settled about 3-6 months after my mastectomy. Barely notice it these days. Time can be a good healer - though I sometimes get annoyed because everything seems to 'take time'.
Cheers
Bec