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I had an elevated TSH about 6 months prior to my bc diagnosis and was put on synthroid. I did some research when I was diagnosis about the affects of tamoxifen on the thyroid before I ment my oncologist and I was dead set against taking it because of what I had read in my research. I told the oncologist about this and she kind of brushed it off and wanted to start me on tamoxifen after my chemo treatments, but blood test revealed I had been through menopause so I was started on arimidex instead have now switched to aromesin instead due to severe joint pain. I had allready decided I wasn't going to take the tamoxifen anyway because of it's effects on the thryoid since mine was already out of wack.
Rentrac what part of North Carolina are you from? I live in Lexington. Good to know a breast cancer sister in my state.
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Debbie in North Carolina
Diag 10/2006-high grade invasive ductal carcinoma- mastectomy L breast
2.5 cm tumor ER/PR pos-Her2+++
4 rounds A/C, 4 rounds Taxol
Herceptin every 3 weeks until Jan. 2008
6/18/07 prophylatic mastectomy R breast
8/2007 started aromasin/stopped arimidex (side effects)
12/07 stopped aromasin due to side effects (now what?)
Finished herceptin 1/8/08
started tamoxifen for 2 years then will switch to femera
allergic to tamoxifen started femera 4/2008
June 20, 2008 portacath removed
Learnig to live life to the fullest!
Stopped Femera due to side effects
July 28, 2008 start trial for breast cancer vaccine
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