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Re: going off tamoxifen
I too was on Tamoxifen up until August 2015 and suffered dreadful side effects so I choose to have a full hysterectomy and move to Arimidex. Fast forward to now where I have a blocked duct in my good breast and was suffering from terrible physical pain since August - found out it is all from Arimidex! Took myself off of it and feel 10x's better! I gained 40lbs after from treatment and could not lose any weight. I am now 8lbs down from stopping Arimidex and Tamoxifen, not sure if there is a correlation but I believe they do cause part of the problem with weight.
I'm not getting back on any drug, I refuse to live in pain so I am now focusing on a healthy diet and cutting back on sugar, red meat, and acid causing food/beverages. Time to take my life back from Cancer!!
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11/17/10 - Diagnosed with 4.5cm tumor in right breast, IDC, Stage 2, Nuclear grade 2, ER+ PR+ HER2+
12/13/10 - Lymph node biopsy - negative
12/28/10 - Started neo-adjuvant treatment along with clinical trial with 4 rounds of AC chemo every 3 weeks
3/15/11 - Began weekly Taxol/Herceptin infusions along with 750mg of Tykerb taken by mouth daily
6/28/11 - Finished last cycle of Taxol
7/27/11 - Breast MRI shows tumor has dissolved, remarkable reaction to chemo
8/31/11 - Lumpectomy, Sentinel Node biopsy. Node negative, clear margins, 7mm of cancer left over from chemo.
10/05/11 - Started radiation, 5 days a week for 7 weeks.
11/8/11 - Finished radiation
3/21/12 - Last Herceptin!
3/26/12 - Port removed!
Tamoxifen for 5 years
8/4/15 - Hysterectomy & bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy. Due to large fibroids. No cancer!
8/8/15 - Started Arimidex
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