HI Shirley,

I am sorry to hear that you still have bone pain after coming off Tamoxifen. I took Tamoxifen for one year. At that stage, I developed a second cancer in the same breast and changed to Letrozole for 6 and a half years. I stopped taking this in July 2017 and still have a lot of bone pain. I tried all sorts of pain killers and was eventually prescribed Bu-Trans patches. These have helped a little, but they do make you very sleepy.

Have you spoken to your breast care nurse about this? Sometimes, they are more helpful than a GP in dealing with this type of pain. I sincerely hope that you eventually find something to help.

Please keep in touch and let us know how you get on. We are always here for you.

Kind regards,

Jolamine xx

Hi Shirley , well done for tolerating Tamoxifen for 10 years. I don’t know if it will help and please check with your doctor first, but I take Letrozole and had awful bone pain . I have always taken Magnesium but as a trial I upped the dose and it definitely helps with the bone pain. I take Lamberts Magnesium 150mgs one in the morning and one at night. It’s certainly worth a try xx Good luck 

Thanks for your reply.  I gave an appointment with my GP this week so will discuss it then.

S

Oh good , let me know how you get on x

Hi Shirley,

Did you discuss this with your GP and how did you get on?

Kind regards,

Jolamine xx

Hi thank you for thinking of me.  Basically GP was no good so I have gone direct to oncology .. spoke to them Thursday, they have booked me for a full body scan with contrast for beginning of October.  It may be nothing but I just feel I need to explore all avenues x

Hi Shirley,

I am sorry to hear that your GP was of no help, but glad to hear that you managed to arrange for a full body scan with oncology, at the beginning of next month.

Please keep in touch and let us know how you get on. Hope that you can find a solution.

As you know, we are always here for you.

Kind regards,

Jolamine xx