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Excellent article, thank you!! Wow, you've been through it with the tamoxifen! I'm glad to know...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1042916/

Discussion: Low Risk IDC w/ Baseline Multiple Painful Conditions

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Mar 30, 2024

@mugs24cancer your post leaves me with some questions. Was your recurrence actually a second cancer? Was...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/813325/

Discussion: Oncotype DX test result

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Feb 18, 2023

Hi Rae I don’t take Raloxifene My prescribed Tamoxifen dose 20 mg I started with 10...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/643749/

Discussion: Taking a Lower Dose of Tamoxifen?

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Oct 10, 2021

Dear Elize I do not have osteoporosis. Before the Oncologist decided to switch me to Tamoxyfen...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/86681/

Discussion: Concerned about the side effects of anastrozole

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Jan 10, 2019

It is such a personal decision. You are doing the right thing, looking at all of...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/196711/

Discussion: Fear of radiation after lumpectomy

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: May 20, 2018

Hi I had dcis hormone pos her 2 neg. Completed treatment radiation 2024 apr. I have...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1206368/

Discussion: Tamoxifen and Fibromyalgia

Support Group: Cancer: Managing Symptoms

Posted: Jan 7 9:18pm

I'm a Libra too. I'm 82. At 79 I had an estrogen positive tumor and a...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1105542/

Discussion: Tamoxifen input

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Jul 14, 2024

I was on anastrozole for 9 months. The only side effect was pretty bad hot flashes....

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/312330/

Discussion: Anyone had nausea as a side effect of tamoxifen? What helps?

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: May 30, 2020

Yes, first cancer, DCIS intermediate grade, right side LOQ, stage 0, 7 mm after lumpectomy (was...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1197051/

Discussion: Pros and cons of endocrine therapy

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Dec 25, 2024

Had both Letrozole & Tamoxifen & likewise very different experiences but both really bad. Tamoxifen caused...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1103102/

Discussion: Tamoxifen input

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Jul 10, 2024

All I can tell you is from my experiences. I’ve tried all three of the AI...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1205861/

Discussion: Aromatase Inhibitors: How to choose and manage side effects?

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Jan 7 8:40am

If you are ER+, have you been prescribed an aromatase inhibitor or tamoxifen? These will actually...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/941379/

Discussion: I discontinued HRT: What now to help control the menopause symptoms?

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Oct 3, 2023

I'm grateful for the discussions about ILC. It is helpful to know more about the experiences...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/910180/

Discussion: Lobular Breast Cancer: Let's share and support each other

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Aug 9, 2023

Why aren't you having an aromatase inhibitor rather than tamoxifen? Usually after menopause we have an...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/801287/

Discussion: Anyone on tamoxifen who is in their 70's or 80's?

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Jan 25, 2023

Hello @halperp I understand the initial desire to just feel good again. This is a decision...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/914201/

Discussion: 48 years old with stage 1 ILC - Tamoxifen Advice

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Aug 16, 2023

I would also add that my bone density declined from osteopaenia levels to osteoporosis. Because I...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1041163/

Discussion: Tamoxifen and anastrozole

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Mar 27, 2024

Hi @bubszane10. Sorry you’re going through this. It sounds very hard. Have you contacted a colorectal...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1268454/

Discussion: Tamoxifen & Constipation

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Mar 28 8:18am

My diagnosis came in March . Had surgery . And was put on Tamoxifen. Had to...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/944000/

Discussion: Anyone had a prophylactic mastectomy for ADH diagnosis?

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Oct 8, 2023

I just googled this - study from 2016. Multiple studies have indicated that aromatase inhibitors (AIs)...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/219972/

Discussion: Aromatase Inhibitors: Did you decide to go on them or not?

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Aug 17, 2020

I cannot take any of the AI’s due to severe side effects, while I had no...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/280489/

Discussion: Portal vein thrombosis (PVT) after breast cancer treatments

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Nov 12, 2019

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