Hi all,
I was diagnosed triple positive IDC June 2023, all active treatment complete (last herceptin Dec 24) and have been on tamoxifen since November 2023, and will be on for 10 years.
I developed a blood clot in my arm from my PICC line during chemo, as this was caused by PICC line it wasn’t a reason to not start tamoxifen as it was a “mechanical” blood clot.
I am due to go to a wedding in Tenerife soon, and my oncologist seems to think 4.5 hour flight be okay as long as I move around, but my surgeon said he’d come off tamoxifen for the holiday (I believe you need to be off so long before and after also).
So now I am conflicted. I don’t want to come off tamoxifen for like 4 weeks just for a holiday, but equally don’t want to risk a blood clot.
My solution was fly to somewhere midway in Europe like mainland Spain or Portugal, then stay a night and fly to Tenerife the next day, and vice versa on way back (bonkers I know). Then I read that multiple short flights can be a risk too? I thought this would be okay as it’s only around 2.5 hours per flight, albeit 4 flights instead of 2 but none in same day.
I feel in such a predicament now, my oncologist said both are about similar risk which baffled me?
