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orlandpark65
orlandpark65 Member Posts: 106
edited June 2014 in Stage III Breast Cancer

 Birthday has a new meaning.   Well I'm done with the chemo, radiation and have been on Tamoxifen  for 3 weeks.  So far so good.   Does anyone have indigestion  issues since chemo/rad/tamoxifen.  I seem to burp all the time.

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  • bak94
    bak94 Member Posts: 1,846
    edited August 2011

    Happy Birthday! Yes, birthdays become more special, enjoy! I do have indegestion with chemo, I am still on chemo so I hope it goes away when I am done! My doc did prescribe a med for it.

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  • starella
    starella Member Posts: 159
    edited August 2011

    Happy Birthday!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! many more to come!

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  • americanpinay
    americanpinay Member Posts: 338
    edited August 2011

    Happy birthday! Hope you have a wonderful day! Congrats on finishing chemo and rads. About indigestion, I have always been a burp machine Laughing but more so after chemo. I just use over-the-counter gas pills when it gets really bad. Good luck with the Tamox. I have been on it for almost two years now and for me the side effects come and go. I had shoulder pains and mega hot flashes in the beginning. The shoulder pains went away quickly but the hot flashes stayed Frown although not as bad and not as often now. Then I had leg cramps for a while. Minor aches and pains that may be age-related but I blame Tamox anyway. Oh, and frozen shoulder. Hope you don't get any of these SEs but if you do, don't despair because they go away as soon as your body adjusts to Tamox. Take care.

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  • pupfoster1
    pupfoster1 Member Posts: 1,484
    edited September 2011

    Happy Birthday hon!!!

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  • mcsushi
    mcsushi Member Posts: 174
    edited September 2011

    Happy birthday!!!! Laughing I have some nasty stomach issues due to tamoxifen, but it is easily controlled with high doses (80mg) of prilosec. I take 40mg in the morning and 40mg before dinner and it's mostly controlled. Talk to your onco about it. Congrats on completing treatment. Life only gets better and better!

    ~Colleen 

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  • bcisnofun
    bcisnofun Member Posts: 488
    edited September 2011

    Happy birthday!

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  • apple
    apple Member Posts: 7,799
    edited September 2011

    happy birthday.. i don't know who you are, but i avoid greasy things to avoid indigestion.. and also eat dry cheerios if I am bothered.

    Good luck and have a GREAT year.

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  • karen1956
    karen1956 Member Posts: 6,503
    edited September 2011

    Happy Birthday.  :)

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  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Member Posts: 1,376
    edited September 2011

    Happy Birthday!!  My Son shares the same birthday, August 31Laughing

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    Barb

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  • lexi4
    lexi4 Member Posts: 1,074
    edited September 2011

    Happy Birthday!! I wish you many many more!

    Hugs,

    Lexi

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  • faithfulheart
    faithfulheart Member Posts: 544
    edited September 2011

    HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    and many, many more to come!!!

    Blessings

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  • SpunkyGirl
    SpunkyGirl Member Posts: 1,568
    edited September 2011
    Happy belated birthday (and MANY more)!!!!!!!!!!!!Laughing
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  • jennyboog
    jennyboog Member Posts: 1,322
    edited September 2011

    Happy B-day to you!!!  I posted a few months ago about indigestion problems I was having.  I was chronically burping and having pains in my abs.  It started during chemo and the onc said it was GERD & gave me Nexium which didn't work and neither did the other 4 meds they tried but they kept saying it would get better.  I went to my PCM and after telling him my symptoms he said it sounded like H. pylori, he did a blood test and it came back positive, after taking 2 antibiotics for two weeks I feel great & have had no more issues.  It's a normal bacteria that we all have and when our immune system is suppressed (chemo) it grows rampant.  The burping comes from the gas that the bacteria produce and even gives you bad breath.  I hope this helps.  I was so happy to find an answer & get relief, I didn't think I could keep on tolerating it.

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