Tamoxifen

Hi I am new to the forum. Diagnosed with Breast Cancer early December and had a lumpectomy and sentinel lymph node removal 3 weeks ago. Waiting for date of Radiotherapy and taken my first Tamoxifen tablet this morning. Quite worried about the possible side effects of Tamoxifen but hopefully I don’t get too many 

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    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

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