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Anyone had nausea as a side effect of tamoxifen? What helps?
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Welcome Heidi, I agree with @katehanni that tamoxifen had less side effects than the AI I took later. The nausea was manageable, I drank a tea with cayenne, cinnamon and ginger, that a friend made for me. Brain fog is one of the many gifts I received from endocrine therapy. Like you I have found ways to cope with the myriad of annoying side effects. Mostly just annoying and not truly life altering. I have decided that I am going to treat brain fog the same. When my words are stolen, I just say that word has temporarily disappeared, it will be back in a while, I try to make a joke of it and not take it too seriously. You have to be prepared to cut yourself some slack. Your body is going through some pretty big adjustments right now. Have you tried any brain exercises? Maybe you can share how you cope, it doesn’t matter if it was successful or not?
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Also as part of my dietary change to an alkaline diet, I have incorporated a juice concoction that throws me into alkalinity with Whole Lemons, Whole Ginger, a titch (small amount) of cayenne and Turmeric which is also showing promise for those with cancer. None of these ingredients get in the way of my Tamoxifen! And I'm taking a baby aspirin out of an abundance of caution to prevent blood clots. I'm not prone to blood clots but just as a practical matter am doing this so I feel safer!
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About the Tamoxifen side effects.Wander how soon the side effects are developed?
I am taking for 4 month only, and didn't feel any of described here health, not included, of course, old age related conditions .
But I started to have UTI symptoms, that I had, and it has been treated before I started Tamoxifen .
Also Ultrasound of endometrial shows the polyps that either need to be removed, or perhaps continue to observe.
Talked to Oncologist
He advices to watch symptoms while interrupting Tamoxifen for a month.
Any comments please