Bottle 'o Tamoxifen

Welcome Misszed-this is a fun group and very informative.....

Sandee I am so glad you had fun, you deserve it.....I too have LMAO at the bras on the lawn.  How creative!!!

Hope all are doing well.....

misszed - Welcome aboard the Tammi Train.  No one wants to be on this ride but you have found a very supportive and fun bunch of ladies.  We do tend to get wild and crazy but please feel free to jump in at any time if you have questions or need to share some concerns.  We can be serious when we need to.  Sending prayers up that you have no SEs.  I have been on Tamox since Jan 5th and so far so good.

Good Morning Tammi Babes

Hey June - So glad you are able to get back on here more often - you have been missed. 

I already need it to be Friday.  I have been way to busy at work.  but that is just me I want to get everything done right away.. Drives me crazy to wait until the end.  DH was like you have until Thursday for the banquet and I am like yes but I want everything done today so I don't have to worry about it later in the week.

HI jUNIE.. I am here flying aroud lol!!. so good to see you on here!  started back on the treadmill today. felt good taking it slow though and building back up. I have an ice cream date with a good friend of mine so I am headed out soon. hope you are enjoying your day too

Hi all.. and hugs to all my favorite ladies

June I do think the biotin is working.  My hair was thinning I think it has slowed down some.  On my nails they became dry brittle and ridged.  But I can tell on the new grow that it looks much healthier.  I find that if I keep nail polish on it helps as are splitting very badley.  I hope when the new grown gets to the end it will be much better. 

anybody had skin breakouts?  that seems to be the only change for me after 1 week!  my nails are normally brittle just because i wash my hands so much

Misszed - You were a few days ahead of me on DIEP and now 3 days ahead of me on Tamoxifen. I started Tamoxifen yesterday (the 1st). So far so good, but it is far from over, I probably haven't even absorbed enough it yet to do anything. I hope it breezes by for you! 

HeftyLefty - My mother and my sister were both on Tamoxifen for 5 years. The only time either of them had a side effect was my sister. One week before she was done with her 5 years she had some issues (serious issues that hospitalized her) she just stopped taking it and the probelm immediately went away. I am far from being an expert (what - with my 1 1/2 days on Tamoxifen at this point) but I don't think that having a side effect indicates the effectiveness of the drug. It only means how your body processes it. Everyone has a different reaction to each chemo regime (my mom was hospitalized each time she had chemo, my sister didn't miss a day of work) and everyone will react differently to the other potent cancer drugs (Tamoxifen being one of them). I think you are just lucky! (I'm really hoping to follow in your footsteps and do the exact same thing)! 

Juliet I have had skin breakouts that I have not had in I don't know how many years. I wonder if Tamox has made my hormones kick back in?

Hi ladies,

Thought I's stick my head in to say hi. HI!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Haven't been on in awhile so I know I am out of the loop and I apologise for not having the patience to read back over the last month. Wow, it's been a month. Shame on me.

I have been dealing wiht a fractured rib, which lead to an xray, which lead to finding something on my lung, whci is leading to more xrays and tests.  Geez, don't you just love cancer? NOT!

So I need to hear happy stories and get some of Jo's food. Yum!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I am totally enjoying life and not sweating the small stuff. Well for this week anyway.

Happy Tuesday to you all xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Jules

Thanks Jo.  I have decided that I will try the tamoxifin and see how I do.  For my issues  it seems like a better bet and the long range effects are more well known than the newer drugs.  What seems sad to me (among so many other sad cancer related issues) is that my MO said that my chances of a recurrance for 10 years is l7% without a drug and 8% with a drug.  That still isn't that low for stage 1 grade 1, in my opinion. Both the surgeons that I first saw said that this wouldn't kill me, so I would have expected it to be lower, but I guess not. 

Jules.. keep is posted please on whats going on ! we are here for you hugs!

Hey lovellies!! thanks for missing me while I was gone!!! think the computer and my positioning is really adding to the shoulder pain as it was not there all weekend (and I didn't check email once)....have to sort out an appropriate chair and height etc....

I am going to go get my camera now and see if I can post a picture or two....hilarious....I, of course, thought of this thread and th ebosom buddies paddling team and thought...PERFECT!!!! there was a bra for every size! Carol's daughters were not impressed but the rest of us laughed for hours!

welcome newbies....the biotin does help. I noticed my nails were peeling and britle the 4 months I was on tamoxifen ..glad things are back to normal now that I am off it!..instead, I am bruised like a banana from the plavix for my heart....not sure which I prefer....I refuse to not wear shorts because of it and I guess that means my blood is thinner and won't clot now but holy dinah!!

hugs to all!!

no jules living in fl!    they keep having this funny white stuff on the ground there !    going home the end of the month  so brains sa might be in my future  definitely some cockles though, will after to stock up on my tea and chocci   julie

OOHH!! I will be coming to Florida in September...Tampa for two days and thinking of going to Miami and the everglades for a day or so beforehand...those of you in the region, what would you recommend seeing? (and is there a group to paddle with for a night while I am there???)