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Lisa50
8 years agoMember
Tamoxifen-hormonal hair loss, ovarian cysts?
Hi lovely ladies! Happy New Year to you all! It's been a while. I've had 2 x wide local excision (Jan 2017), radiotherapy (April 2017) for Invasive lobular carcinoma. I am now on Tamoxifen (started J...
socoda
8 years agoMember
Hey @Lisa50, I initially had hair loss after my surgery and was told it would have been due to the radioactive dye from the sentinel node biopsy. I them have been on Tamoxifen and suffered hair thinning (itchy scalp, shedding etc). That seemed to have stopped but I have noticed that I am again growing a fringe so have had another bout of hair loss. I have noticed that my hair is thinner , most noticeably when it is wet. I was going through phases of abdo pain and pressure on the lower back, front of pelvis but that seems to have stopped and I have had tests that confirm I am now menopausal. As for the breast I'm sorry but I had a mastectomy so can't help with that. Hoping that you can get some of these issues sorted. Xx Cath