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Taking a Lower Dose of Tamoxifen?
Breast Cancer | Last Active: Nov 11, 2023 | Replies (66)Comment receiving replies
@raebaby I feel the same as you , I don’t want to take my anastrazole if it isn’t working. Unfortunately, for me when I asked my oncologist‘how do you know it is working, when you do not even have a baseline of my estrogen level’ His reply was We Just Take It For Granted. This is not the answer a doctor should give a patient. At least not in my book. I changed oncologists, took a blood test for estrogen and also a saliva test. Both tests showed that my estrogen is low ,,, so I guess therefore it is working. My new oncologist did explain things to me , so that was helpful. We have to stand up for ourselves. Glad you gave good drs.
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I did the same. Seems doctors just love to push meds because its their job to do so and a liability if they dont. I wont take tamoxifen. Im 52 and turning 53 in may. Im going to let my body go into menopause naturally and then I will decide from there. I've been dealing with the same small under 1 cm tumor since 2005 it never progressed into my lymph nodes nor my other breast so because I'm one who thinks outside of the box, i chose not to do a thing. If it was to get me or progress it would have done so by now. And I asked the doctor if I should take tamoxifen and he said if you were my wife I would tell you too and I was like ummmm no ty.