After 15 months of Tamoxifen I'm thinking about quitting

Based on your diagnosis, your risk of recurrence is probably not that high. You have no risk of contra lateral BC and you had no lymph node involvement. You can access the tool oncologists use to assess risk of recurrence online. Then I would have a frank talk with your MO to get a feeling for what your prognosis is for disease free survival. Be aware that there is a lot of confusion about how to express these numbers, so make sure you have done homework before you talk to your MO so you can ask informed questions. Example: my risk of dying of breast cancer is 12%. If I take hormone therapy for 5 years, it falls to 10%. My MO would express that as a 17% improvement. (2% divided by 12%) When you put it that way it sounds pretty good, but it's still only 2%. Then you can make your call based on that. I would also take into consideration your Oncotype DX score. The Oncotype website is super helpful in telling you what the score really means in terms of recurrence. The purpose of the Oncotype is to weigh the risks of chemo against the risk of recurrence.

Hi all,

I completed the 5 year tamoxifen plan. When I stopped, wonderful changes occurred. On TX I had bloody discharge, very dry and painful in the whole area and painful sex. Somehow I developed 3rd stage CKD but probably not from TX. I had my ovaries removed in 1997, so I had almost no estrogen left in me. I'm not overweight, but I happily lost 15 lb. after quitting TX. I feel better, my joints don't hurt, I sleep better and overall my attitude is positive. TX has been around for so long and tested and tested. That's why I chose it, but I will not do the 10 year stint. My oncologist left the decision up to me to quit.