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Did you gain weight on Tamoxifen? What helps?

Breast Cancer | Last Active: Jan 10 6:23pm | Replies (50)

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@brinacarmen

Hi Creeder I feel you ! My experience with tamoxifen was weight gain and lots of other side effects that after 9 mos ,of serious suffering , my oncologist took me off of it. Because I was having an upcoming surgery , it was actually good timing to go off. I am seeing her next week and we are going to try Arimidex which I believe is anastrazole. Let’s see how that works
In the meantime I am avoiding all animal products and exercising a lot , taking Dim and Oncoplex, eating tons of veggies and doing intermittent fasting as my oncologist said there is clinical data backing fasting as helping prevent recurrence
I truly want to adjust to one of these estrogen blockers as I never want to experience this again Tamoxifen made it impossible for me to work or enjoy life. I couldn’t bear 4 more years of it.
I pray you find your way with one of these drugs. Or that they come up with something doable for us !

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Hi! @brinacarmen! I’m very interested in the intermittent fasting that your oncologist informed you about. Also, what is Dim and Oncoplex? My oncologist has given me no other hope then the anti hormone drugs that have made me so sick I can’t function. I have tried all of them and Exemestane twice. She said Tamoxifen was my last hope. It sits on my counter opened as I just can’t make myself take it. The side effects and the damage to other organs just doesn’t seem worth it. Of course I do t want my cancer to come back but, I also don’t want to destroy the rest of my body and there is no guarantee my cancer won’t come back! I was stage one ductile carcinoma. I had 3 weeks of radiation and my Oncotype was a 9. I want to try other options but feel a little lost and frustrated in this process. Help?