Hi LLB,

Welcome to our forum.

All of the hormone therapies carry side-effects, but they affect people differetly. Some people have no side effects at all, whilst others have a lot of problems with them. If the side-effects are really severe, there are other hormone therapies that can be used.

I took Tamoxifen for 1 year and I did have some side-effects, but I had to change to Letrozole, when I developed a second lump in the same breast. Having said that, I took Letrozole for 6 years and stopped taking it in July 2017. The one good thing I can say is that I'm still here 10 years after diagnosis and, still living a reasonable quality of life.

I hope that you get your radiotherapy date soon. Please keep in touch and let us know how you get on. We are always here for you.

Kind regards,

Jolamine xx

Hi LLB,

Welcome to our forum.

All of the hormone therapies carry side-effects, but they affect people differetly. Some people have no side effects at all, whilst others have a lot of problems with them. If the side-effects are really severe, there are other hormone therapies that can be used.

I took Tamoxifen for 1 year and I did have some side-effects, but I had to change to Letrozole, when I developed a second lump in the same breast. Having said that, I took Letrozole for 6 years and stopped taking it in July 2017. The one good thing I can say is that I'm still here 10 years after diagnosis and, still living a reasonable quality of life.

I hope that you get your radiotherapy date soon. Please keep in touch and let us know how you get on. We are always here for you.

Kind regards,

Jolamine xx

Hi Jolamine

Thank you so much for all of the information and reassurance.  I will keep in touch

LLB x