Breast Cancer Now Forum

Hi Diamendo, Yes me too!! I have been on Tamoxifen for 6 years and it feels like a comfort blanket despite the thinnig hair and persistant vaginal problems. Who'd have thought....? ☺ ... View more

Hi, only just joined this forum after speakig to a McMillan nurse. I am 5 or 6 years down the road after chemo, mastectomy and reconstruction followed by Herceptin infusions. Have been on Tamoxifen since. Met a lovely man 2years ago after leaving a 39 year abusive marriage. I grudgingly accepted that we would have to use lubricant when making love but lately have been getting sore and itchy after a few days. We have tried so many different remedies my head hurts. He worries about hurting me, I fret about being so delicate. Yours is the first post that has echoed my frustration. My gp has said he's referred me to a genital dermatologist but have heard nothing in 2 months 😩 felt like I was just whingeing and should be grateful for surviving. Feel slightly better to read someone else in a similar position                 et a lovely man 2 years ago after 39 year abusive marriage. A ... View more

Hi, have just signed up to this and so glad I have found this. Don't know how to post though so adding my input via a reply. I was diagnosed 6 years and have been through chemo, mastectomy and reconstruction followed by Herceptin infusions. I have been taking Tamoxifen for over 4 years now and have suffered with hair loss and vaginal dryness. I thank my lucky stars for a wonderful hairdresser, also for finding a really good lubricant. It's only today that I have found this thread and realise why I get so hot in bed, and so so cold when gardening. It takes me ages to warm up again. They don't list this problem as a side effect but I have long suspected that my temperature control is shot! Feeling reassured now 😊 🙏 ... View more