With all my odd side effects on 20mg Tamoxifen over the last 2 years I asked my oncologist last year, could I have a break? The answer was no. Recently I had tachycardia (180 beats per minute) but th...
My oncologist did discuss taking Femara, however in view of my father having bone cancer mets from prostate cancer, I figure if my genes were predisposed to going down the same bone route, I need all the bone help I can get and Tamoxifen is a lesser evil than Femara in that respect. If my heart is getting stressed with Tamoxifen then breast cancer returning might be the least of my worries. I see my surgeon for a review in about a fortnight.