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I have been batting this question around in my mind for a while, as well. Although, I would think that with my hot flashes, loss of libido, and strange periods, it is doing "something". I am going to ask at my next ONC. appointment.
Also, the PA told me (at one point) that if I had a period while on Tamoxifen, they would change me over to an AI. She wasn't really all that "studied" on AIs, and I called her on it. When I asked my ONC. about it, he didn't seem all that concerned if I still had a period. Could that be because although Tamoxifen has the symptoms of menopause, it doesn't actually cause menopause? Freaky.
This is all so damn confusing.
Take care,
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Krista
Diagnosed 3/29/2007 @ age 34
Stage 1, Node Neg. (SNB), Grade 2, 1.4 cm. IDC
ER/PR 90%+ HER2 +
6 TCH started 5/25/2007, ended after #5 due to steroid "reactions" and neuropathy in feet and hands
BUT--#6 CH w/o Taxotere
Begin Herceptin alone 9/28/2007
30 rads completed 12/19/2007
Finish Herceptin 5/9/2008
Stopped Tamoxifen early--HATED it.
Married 17 years
13-year old son
3 embies on ice (from 1999)
GA, USA
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