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Re: Had to stop Tamoxifen
Hi hutchibk,
How did you initially feel on Tamoxifen? I felt just rotten and looked it, too. Would you take something so powerful if it only benefitted you a mere 4-6%? Now, if it was 20% or more, maybe. But really......what would you do?
I am beginning to wonder why I can't take Arimidex or Tamoxifen. I did the DNA test and am a normal metabolizer for Tam. I can't imagine feeling crummy for a year. But I felt nausea enough to make me head to ER while on Arimidex. And tired enough on Tam to make me quit, as well as periods when I felt really cold and weird. Hot flashes woke me up more than once. However I had an oophorectomy last year and it may be still remnants from that. I just don't know.......
Dianne
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Three years and 5 months NED
Dx: Aug 2008 right breast IDC with 50% of tumor DCIS, Stage II or IIA, tumor size: 2.1 cm
Grade 3
8/9 Richardson/Bloom test
ER+ weakly positive
Alred Score: 4 (suggesting I would strongly benefit from hormone therapy)
PR-,
HER2 positive +++
No vascular invasion
No lymph nodes involved
Surgery: Sept. 9, 2008 -Modified radical mastectomy, right breast. I chose to have a simple mastectomy on the left. Began Taxotere/Carboplatin/Herceptin November, 2008. Finished T/C March 2009. Finished #16 Herceptin Sept. 09. AI's and Tamoxifen made me sick. Began natural Tamoxifen which is Quercetin, I3C and a combo of other supplements. I am also a DES Daughter. There is now a link between DES exposure in utero and breast cancer!
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