Tamoxifen and post menopause

cjafarm
cjafarm Member Posts: 44
edited February 2016 in Hormonal Therapy - Before, During, and After

I'm taking Tamoxifen instead of an AI because of bone density scan results not being the best numbers.

Because I am post will I expect to have the hot flashes that pre-menopausal experience.

I cruised through menopause with no problems. And I have a husband that is always cold and wants to use an electric blanket into July. So it may be difficult to distinguish hot flash from electric blanket overlap.



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  • Jelson
    Jelson Member Posts: 1,535
    edited February 2016

    you may not experience hot flashes or other side effects, mine were just a continuation of menopause misery- nothing more nor less. with regards to satisfying your husband's desire for an electric blanket in July - hot flashes at night are not usually dry, they could provide him something like a steam heat experience? hopefully you will sail through this and neither of you will notice much of anything!

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  • grammakathy
    grammakathy Member Posts: 407
    edited February 2016

    I was switched from Arimidex to Tamoxifen by my medical oncologist because I had horrible insomnia and capillaritis (my right leg). Like cjafarm, I breezed through menopause about fifteen years ago. I've wondered if I developed BC because my body was still producing enough hormones to fuel the cancer cells - and that was why my menopause was so easy. I did have a hysterectomy in my mid-40's but my ovaries were still in place. Now I find myself sticking my feet outside of the blankets when I get a flush at night and I cool down.

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  • cjafarm
    cjafarm Member Posts: 44
    edited February 2016

    Grammakathy, Very interesting idea about the body still producing enough hormones. I think I'll try to find some journals that discuss extra estrogen and menopause. I'll let you know if I find anything.

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  • grammakathy
    grammakathy Member Posts: 407
    edited February 2016

    Thank you cjafarm. I had few contributing factors: never smoked or took hormones. My mother had a small cancerous lump removed at age 80 but because of her age, the doctor said it didn't increase my chances. I had children in my 20's and breastfed. I was fifty pounds heavier before my diagnosis and the decision to lose weight when the MO told me that extra pounds had estrogen in them that could feed cancer cells.

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