I haven’t been on this site for awhile, but I saw your post. When I took Tamoxifen 14 years ago I had intense hot flashes, broken sleep and eventually a bit of an emotional breakdown. When I stopped, things got better. I should have been switched to Arimidex as I was 46 and after chemo post menopausal, but that wasn’t standard practice back then. I decided after a lumpectomy, chemo and rads I was done. I wanted to get back to a normal life. I did, but then had a local recurrence 13 years later. No one really knows why these things happen. Lots of people used to ask if I took Tamox., but again my quality of life was more important. This time I had a DMX and DIEP surgery and the only follow up is 1mg of Arimidex a day. So far it’s been a year and all is well. Here’s hoping I don’t see that crap ever again and wish the same for all of us.
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