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Tamoxifen Struggles

Julesy
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Hi,

I started taking Tamoxifen on Saturday, I have been taking 10mg.

On Sunday I was fine, but on Monday I felt really poorly.  Sick, really bad acid, aches, woozy and spacey.  I took the tablet at 10pm on Saturday and Sunday, so yesterday I decided to try taking it at 10am.  I was fine up until 3pm and then it started again.  It's now 9am and I'm still suffering.  

I don't know if I can bring myself to take today's tablet. 

I didn't expect to feel so poorly so quickly and ask my self what damage this is doing to me.

How long can I expect to feel like this for?  

My predict score was less than 1% (0.8%) is it worth it?

Thank You

Julesy

  • Welcome to our forum, Julesy.

    I'm sorry to hear that you are feeling poorly from your treatment with Tamoxifen.

    We have some information on our website about the side effects of Tamoxifen and how to manage them here if you like to have a read. I hope this can help a little with alleviating what you're feeling.

    Also, if you wish to speak to someone medically trained over the phone, please know that our cancer nurses are just a phone call away and you can reach them by ringing this phone number 0808 800 4040  Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

    Wishing you all the best,

    Renata, Cancer Chat Moderator

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    Hi Julesy,

    Welcome to the forum.

    I am sorry to hear that you are having problems with Tamoxifen so soon into your treatment. I have had 2 bouts of breast cancer in the past 9 years. The first timead Tamoxifen and had a similar effect to start with. However this settled down after a couple of weeks and I managed to take itfor 1 year. After that I was diagnosed with another cancer and had a double mastectomy followed by Letrozole. I took this for 6 years before I stoppped taking it in July, 2017. 

    When are you due to see your consultant next? If you have a while to wait, why not phone your breast care nurse for advice?

    Kind regards,

    Jolamine xx

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