Does Tamoxifen get easier?
Hello, I have been taking Tamoxifen for about 2.5 months and feel like I am increasingly feeling the side effects. I am about to return to work and concerned how to manage the hot flushes and more ...
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My precious husband found me a little hand held fan that runs on a rechargeable lithium battery and it has saved my sanity. I keep it close and it gets me through the hot flushes. I have been on tamoxifen only 3 months and I wake nearly hourly now at night, and am a lather of sweat for much of the night. I cope with it by the peace of mind it brings when I think that my body is suffering the effects of oestrogen and progesterone withdrawal, and that means that the cancer cells should also be suffering. The hot flashes are mostly in the evening.
Emotion - wise: I have felt not normal long before the tamoxifen started. The chemo set that off, so I guess I am used to it and actually I am feeling a lot more settled now than I was.
Emotion - wise: I have felt not normal long before the tamoxifen started. The chemo set that off, so I guess I am used to it and actually I am feeling a lot more settled now than I was.
All these treatments come with side effects that aren’t fun but cancer is not a small thing and so I know I just have to expect and understand that the treatment has to be reasonably harsh. This isn’t a disease that can be treated with some Panadol after all 😫
I feel like it’s easier to cope with side effects and keep on with treatment when I assure myself that’s it for survival. Hang in there - menopause also brings these same effects and we all have to go through no matter what.
I feel like it’s easier to cope with side effects and keep on with treatment when I assure myself that’s it for survival. Hang in there - menopause also brings these same effects and we all have to go through no matter what.