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Bracing Myself For A Swift Kick Into Menopause
So my docs removed Tamoxifen from my drug line up because, well, I got the entire list of side effects known... Including uterine polyps and blood clots. I'm currently on Xaralto to help with the clot and am recovering from yet another D&C + ablation. The plan is to wait until I'm theraputic on the blood thinner and by the end of January I will undergo a hysterectomy and oopherectomy. I'm scared because my FHA levels are only 13 so my body is in for a rude menopausal wake up call. And to top it off they will be putting me on Arimidex. Here are my concerns, weight gain (I'm already up 15 lbs from all the crap they've already thrown at me), hair loss and joint pain. When they tried to shut me down with Zoladex my body sad F you and basically retaliated. I gained 20 lbs in 3 weeks, lost 50% of my hair, developed menopausal acne and had chronic fatigue.
I've heard maintaining a healthy magnesium level can help with AI side effects. Thoughts? For those who have had their uterus and ovaries confiscated, and forced to take this seemingly awful drug, do the side effects plateau? Or is it a landslide into obesity, baldness and stiffness?
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DX 10/2011
PET Scan + MRI 10/2011
Lumpectomy 11/11/11
Stage 2B +++ ER+(10%), PR+(5%), HER2+++(1 positive node, 1 micromets to second node)
AC started 12/2011 ended 1/2012
Taxol + Herceptin weekly for 12 weeks ended 4/2012
30 zaps of radiation done 6/2012
Tamoxifen 6/2012
every 3 weeks of Herceptin for another year.
Metformin Trial 8/12
10/12 MRI- CLEAR
01/13 BRAIN MRI- CLEAR!
01/13 Neck MRI- CLEAR!
FINISHED HERCEPTIN 1/9/2013...Woot Woot
Starting Walter Reed Vaccine Trial 2/13
CT Scans + ultrasound of abdomen CLEAR-5/13
02/2015 through 11/2015 emergency D&Cs for Tamoxifen induced uterine polyps which caused uncontrollable hemorrhaging
12/2015 blood clot to left leg caused by Tamoxifen. No longer taking it. On Xarelto, a blood thinner
12/2015 Ablation to prevent hemorrhaging from potential issues with Tamoxifen residue in my system
1/2016 continuing journey without hormonal therapy. Reevaluating the option of a hysterectomy and oopherectomy.
4/1/2018 2mm stroke. Yes, stroke! No cause ever found but they believe it was a migraine that went bonkers and created a tiny clot. No deficits. I was back to normal with 24hrs. Now on baby aspirin for life.
7/27/2018 hysterectomy and oopherectomy
01/07/2019 Mastectomy and expanders put in
3/22/2019 Vtach, almost died. Cause unknown.
7/22/2019 New perky boobs put in
7/21/2020 Off of all drugs but a baby aspirin because of the stroke in 2018.
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8 YEARS NED
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