Bottle 'o Tamoxifen

well they are a little rusty but that drink sure helped loosen them up.. so you know what happens when that happens you get ...........WHAACKED WHACKED WHACKED hehehehe

sounds good....hey you just knocked the twinkie i was eating right out of my hand.... yes i am really eating a twinkie... but i can still whack ya sooooooooooo......WHAAAAACCCKKK!

ok sleep well!!! hugs Jo!! ill share next time

Just got back from San Antonio having dinner with friends.  Went to a really neat Belgium Bistro although not cheap (DH is so small town sometimes he asked our friends if they had waffles).  Then went to a desert place that was really quant.  Had a great time and it was nice to see their daughter who is moving to California in 2 weeks.  We have know nher since she was a young girl, she is now a professor and got a job at a College out there. She wants me to come visit her.  So I am sure her mom and I will make a trip. 

Ainm--Wow 100lbs that is wonderful and two years on tamox.  I have lost weight on tamox but I need to gain weight to have surgery and I think It is going to be hard and I wonder if the tamox has anything to do with it.

Ruth2011-Welcome to the group-it is a great bunch of ladies to hang out with here and ask questions of.  I had a lump and rads, no chemo and now tamox.  I will be having a BMX when I gain enough weight to be able to have it.  I ended up with permanent nerve damage that I am on meds for and I want to get off the meds and cut down my every 6 months scans.  I did not like that roller coaster for the rest of my life.  With Tamox I had some pretty bad SE's at first but my MO kept telling me to hang in there my body would adjust.  I really thought he was just giving me a bunch of bull but he was right and at about 2 1/2 months my body adjusted and the SE's all went away.  I just have some warm flushes every now and then and a vaginal discharge that is very tolerable. Since I did not do chemo I feel like I need to do everything else I can to not get this beast again.  So tamox it is and I have also really worked on my exercise and diet. I am also 49 and did not take any drugs before BC, not I take all kinds of supplements.

Juliet welcome!!! please join in anytime all are welcomed! we get silly around here at times, it helps alot. But we are also supportive and try to answer questions best we can so welcome and whack back atcha... our fri night pillow fight!

Sherry.. sounds great so glad you had a good time

A big welcome to the many new girls ! 

Tink you were eating a twinkie?  too funny ~ probably thought it was a TINKIE ! 

Chabba ~ glad to hear you are feeling better, sorry you were sooo sick.  AND I think I found some of those 15 lbs you lost,  I will be sending them back to you.

My hot flashes that were pretty much gone are back again.  I was given the generic tamoxifen for a few months and think it has something to with that.  NOW am on the name brand for whatever reason that happened and have horrible hot flashes again.  I am freezing the family out with the a/c.  And after my hot flash of course comes the cold so I have a blanket handy when relaxing.  UGH ! 

Paula ~ good luck with the new ink !  I got my first one at 37.  I now have 6.  I love them all ~  this one is on my inner ankle.  Hubby and the guy in the tattoo parlor drew it up.  I want the word "breathe" on me next.  Running out of hiding spots. 

Paula post a pic with what you get.  I am not brave enough for a tat.

I have been canning again today and putting up Okra in the freezer.  My tomatoe plants are just about gone.  But I am planning my fall garden and I am going to try several greens.  Hopeing I'll have plenty to put in the freezer.  After I get through will all this I am making dirty rice with sausage tonight and salad.  Gotta have something healthy in there.

Jo it will be ready in about an hour just put it on. Maybe you can fly on Tinks wings and get here in time.

Sherry great idea.. hop on Jo wings ready!

well ladies i bumped back up to the full dose today will take the othre 10mg tonight. We will see how it goes!!!!

Hi Jo, can you tell me what boosts are? Also what SE did you have from the Aramidex and the Fumera? I am leaning toward starting with Tamoxifin and see how it goes. I'm still asking lots of questions and reading. With my osteopenia even though I am very active, I don't want to weaken my bone with AIs. Right now I am healthy and feel great. I took bio identical hormones for two years and don't know if that contributed to the cancer. Thanks for the comments.

Ruth - Boosts are the last few radiation treatments - I had 5.  They type of radiation that is used is not the same as the other treatments.  It is a "softer" type of radiation and does not penetrate the skin as much.  In my case, the only area that was done with the boost was around my lumpectomy scar.  My RO remarked the area he wanted done and the rad techs made a template and then would make a piece to go on the machine with what looked like an adapter.  The machine was much closer to my body and the rad tech would place a gel pad wrapped in a sheet over the entire breast before each treatment.  The purpose of the gel pad was to mimick the skin.  Each treatment did not take as long as the other ones - heck, it took the techs longer to get me set up and than the time it took to do the zapping.

The problems I had with Arimidex and Femara was nausea so bad I could not function.  With the Arimidex I was on it for 3 weeks - I started this one before rads.  My MO had tried to give me something to help with the nausea but then I did not feel like I could drive.  We waited until I was finished with rads and the started Femara.  With that one - again nausea and also I felt like I was a bit disoriented.  Went off of that one and waited until after the Christmas holiday to start Tamoxifen.  I have been on Tamox since Jan 5 and have had no problems.  My hot flashes were reduced to warm waves and I am able to sleep just fine.  

I hope I have answered your questions.  Please ask me anything you like either here or you can send me a PM.

Thanks Jo! hugs

Paula... sorry it didnt work out today! what are you thinking of getting? Did you have to come off Tamoxifen for your exchange? that may explain the spotting as soon as stopped mine for surgery a few days later i got my period it really messes with our system hugs!!!

Paula.. That sounds really nice would love to see a pic of ot when you get it done. I see ok so that wouldnt explain it. I know what you mean though Paula everything takes on a different light now and we look at things differently. I am on the train with you . Hey do you do facebook?

Paula I sent you a PM.