ooh, thank you for all comments, I had no idea vit c could be protecting nasty cells and hence stopping tamoxifen working properly, wow, before all of this (breast cancer) I never took any supplements, medicines anything so finding it a real struggle with all the conflicting information, think I will lay off the vit c now though. I really appreciate all your views on this topic. I joined an ENCORE program, not sure if they are over east as well as in Perth, basically exercises designed for after surgery breast cancer patients, can definitely recommend it but you get talking to other ladies and it does kind off overwhelm you how different all our stories are and treatment plans. It usually leaves me with so many questions. I'm thinking of booking a double appointment with GP just to go through all the pathology from mastectomy last July as there seems to be so much information there that I do not understand. The oncologist is obviously too busy to spend enough time to do this, anyway I seem to be waffling on, sorry, it is great to talk to others who have actually experienced so much too, thank you x