New symptoms - should I worry

I was diagnosed with stage 2 breast cancer last year.  The cancer was removed and it had not spread to the lymph nodes.  I had radiotherapy for 5 days this year and am now on Tamoxifen for 5 years.  For the past month I am having pins and needles on the top of my left foot that has got worse and is spreading up my lower leg.  It never goes away and for the past few days I feel like my leg doesn't belong to me.  It is a really odd sensation.  Not sure if I should get it checked out or whether it could be a side effect of the medication.  I don't want to contact my Oncologist or Doctor unnecssarily. 

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  • Certainly not an expert although far more experienced with cancer than I ever expected! I would say talk to someone about any changes. If you have contact details for a Macmillan nurse or similar, maybe start by having a conversation with them. Often these phones tend to to voicemail but in my experience leaving a message usually results in a call back within a couple of days. Good luck to you.

    Helen

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  • Certainly not an expert although far more experienced with cancer than I ever expected! I would say talk to someone about any changes. If you have contact details for a Macmillan nurse or similar, maybe start by having a conversation with them. Often these phones tend to to voicemail but in my experience leaving a message usually results in a call back within a couple of days. Good luck to you.

    Helen

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