On the Tamoxifen Train

Well done Steph! K xox

@kmakm. Had to be done - couldn’t put it off any longer. How r u going @kezmusc??

@"Kiwi Angel" Forza ragazza!

Just started to get weird stomach pains this afternoon that are kind of like period pain - Im hoping totally unrelated and will go away.

Hey @"Kiwi Angel".

Not too bad so far.  The flushes seem to be staying away so far, so Yay!  Mind you that could be because it was -2 yesterday and has been  freezing every night but I think they may have subsided after the last break. 
It normally takes about 6 weeks with me for it to really ramp up so we shall see.  I often get a few pain and twinges that kind of feel like something is going on in there but nothing too annoying in that respect.   I haven't really had any problems with nausea either..........got every other bloody thing though LOL.  I have my fingers and toes crossed for you.  

xoxoxo

Hypervigilance is helpful during some states of cancer treatment, I'm not so sure when it comes to hormone treatments. I mean that in the nicest way, but it worries me sometimes that concern about possible side effects can become a really intrusive thing. 

There are things that you do need to monitor closely, things which can be really dangerous, but I'm not sure that getting wound up about every possible issue that may, or may not, eventuate does anyone any favours.

This is just an observation from personal experience; those who finish chemo with a raft of aches and pains seem to struggle to recuperate once hormone treatments start doing what they are designed to do--shut down all those lovely, youth sustaining juices. I don't think the AIs have made me worse, I think they have stopped me getting better. That has been a miserable experience which has multiple flow on effects but it's only speculation that the AI is responsible for everything. Personally, I blame the TC for the pain and the vagueness because that's where I ended up when the poisoning stopped. Too late to do anything about that now. The only way to find out what is causing the damage is to stop taking the medication. At the moment I'm reluctant to do that, if I take that action and nothing improves, I think it might be the last straw.
I had zero side effects with Tamoxifen. But then, it didn't seem to work that well for me--no pain no gain?

@Zoffiel. I think this BC experience has made me generally more hyper vigilant. I’m really hop ing that I don’t really get any side effects. Small things I can deal with - I have just been enjoying feeling like myself again. That’s why I wanted to give myself a few weeks break so I knew if I got any side effects is it a hangover of the chemo or something from the tamoxifen. I so try and take everything with a grain of salt though, I know everyone who I’ll be completely different in their experiences. I’m most concerned about mood changes as I went on a pill several years ago that made me really depressed. xoxoxo

Fingers crossed @kezmusc

I'm really hoping that I can recover from chemo well enough before any hormone therapy. My oncology says I'm doing really well - if this is well, what the f@#k is bad?

@Sister I think u might be like me and put lots of pressure on yourself. I bet u r doing well. Big hugs xoxo

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