Just really wanted to check with people to see if I was going mad or not! I've been on Tamoxifen for 2 years now. No-one seems to be very sympathetic to my constant battle with weight gain and tiredness. Since starting Tamoxifen, i've gained two stone! I eat a very healthy diet, good size portions, lots of fruit and veg and still I gain weight. I even tried a milkshake diet for two weeks , replacing two meals a day - I stayed the same!! I have been known to put on 7 pounds in two days, which then hangs around for about a week and then slowly disappears! All very odd. It's really getting me down now. Before I started my treatment for breast cancer I'd been running 5 miles a day, lost 4 stone in weight and felt amazing! Which brings me round to the tiredness stuff. Some nights when I get home from work I can hardly move - i feel like I've had all life and energy zapped out of me. I've been to my GP about all of this, who I have to say made me feel twice as bad after seeing her. Wasn't bothered - you could almost tell she didn't believe me and then suggested that I maybe should think about giving up work and going to the gym! What planet are these people on! How did she think I was supposed to live without any money coming in from work - and as for the gym, I don't have the energy - I seriously don't! Sorry ladies.... I've gone on and on and ranted! Just wondered if anyone feels/has experienced the same. xx p.s. I help run Slimming World classes and even that doesn't work for me anymore!
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