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Thank you all for your thoughtful responses... I did have my pathology checked twice- the second one at Baylor and the results came back at 15% ER positive whereas the first was 20% positive...
I did have DD AC+T+H and did go into chemopause...period came back a little and the Tamoxifen put me on the fast-track again to menopause. The tamoxifen made me feel like my head was in a vice- heavy/tight... if I moved my eyes without moving my head I felt like I would fall over. Like a continuous hangover without the cottonmouth ... also the joint aches and just overall lack of balance feeling. I also "felt" like I had cracked heels although they were perfectly normal... I suppose that is a needling feeling.
I took the Effexor for the hot flashes, it helped -but the foggy feeling of Effexor just made me more miserable. I am pretty tolerant of anything. Consider myself tough. Chemo was very tolerable- worked full time through it all.
Anyway, I will check with onc and see about alternative to Tamoxifen... The one thing for sure is that every little bit helps in preventing this nasty bug from coming back and I certainly do not want to play the "What if's" later on...
Thank you again for your kind responses.
Warmly --- Maria
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