Hey ladies - this is my first visit to the forum - I was always too scared to incase I read something that set my brain off into overdrive with worry! I was diagnosed in March 2016 and had a Lumpectomy, ANC, chemo and radiotherapies and then onto Tamoxifen. It really doesnt suit me but I have given it a good try - over 18 months of feeling every day as though I had a major dose of PMT, plus fatigue in a 2 week cycle, neuropathy in hands and feet, tendonitis all down right side joints and dont even get me started about the state of my vagina!! No chance whatsoever of being a lover who had cancer like the advert shows!!!! I had to give up work after being back for a year as I couldnt plan anything - never knew on what day the wave of fatigue and nausea would hit and keep me bed bound. Have just had a 7 week holiday off Tamoxifen - and had the best month since my diagnosis - and blood tests show I am now through the menopause so have been prescribed Letrizole. Now I am reading the side effects from that and thinking am I jumping from frying pan to fire??? Is Letrizole more gentle - am I likely to ever get my sex life back? Is it mainly joint pain thats a problem? Am happy to take whatever drug I need to so I can stick around for my kids but I thought I was getting a better option.....????
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