If you had radiation, when did you start hormone therapy?

I started the day after finishing radiation.

August 9 was my last radiation treatment. I started anastrozole Aug 16. For the next 5-7 years. I was estrogen and progesterone positive. Been 1 year to the day of no signs of cancer per mammogram. MRI is due Aug 22

I started Tamoxifen during radiation w/ encouragement from my medical onc while the radiologist advised against it.
Last radiation was Oct 31. Tamoxifen gives me horrible side effects & I have uterine hyperplasia, but don’t have any idea of Tamoxifen caused it. I’m down to taking it sometimes.

I think I’ll end up stopping too. Between carcinogenic Tamoxifen & taking AI despite osteoporosis & fractures, I feel doomed if i do, doomed if I don’t.

I started 30 days after I finished radiation.

What type of cancer did you have? Grade, lymph involvement?

I hear you

I was grade 2a. 3 lymph nodes removed, a lumpectomy, chemo and radiation. HER2positive. I had been taking estrogen supplements from the age of 48 up until they found the cancer at 79. I feel that probably had a big effect on getting cancer.I stopped taking it at that time. I felt awful on the AL's. I already had osteoperina. I have peripheral neuropathy from the Taxol during chemo. I'm 81 and don't need more misery from the AL's.

I guess I don’t really know why they got me started before, except I do remember that I didn’t see the medical oncologist for 6 months. I guess he didn’t want me to wait 6 months to start.
I did not have unbearable side effects either. Yeah, hot flashes aren’t fun but they won’t kill me. I don’t love looking and sometimes feeling 20 years older than I am, but I am very grateful that I have lived almost another 20 years since diagnosis.
Have you finished radiation yet?

What kind of breast cancer did you have? Thanks wonderful to hear after 20 years. Have something to look forward too.