I am now16 years post diagnosis. I took Tamoxifen for 1 year before changing to Letrozole, which I took for 6½ years. I had very thick hair at the start of treatment but found that it got much thinner after that. There are a number of ladies here who have had a similar experience. How do you find the medication affecting you?
i first had breast cancer at 29 and took Tamoxifen after treatment for 5 years. It was really tough with body pain, hot flushes and thinning hair. I stopped it and managed to have a child (my only one).
I then had breast cancer again at 40 and have been on letrazole and Zoladex injections for 2 years now and have just finished Abemaciclib. I’m okay with other side affects, it’s just my hair which is really affecting me.
it’s so thin you can see my scalp. I used nanogen thickening fibres but it’s not enough. I use minoxidil and a LED head band light treatment It upsets me so much there are times where I don’t go out. Nothing works.
Ive met other breast cancer patients and their hair has come back full covering and thick.
doesn’t help that my husband of 20 years has recently left me.
Sorry, my post sounds really depressing. I guess I am depressed
