Brown Discharge on tamoxifen?

Either give it another couple days to see what happens or call for an appointment, especially if you're due for a follow-up soon anyway. At least talk to a nurse so this will be noted in your chart. Things may become more irregular as perimenopause enters the scene but this medication clouds the situation. Hope it resolves quickly!

Hi Ladies

I have been reading this and other threads for the last week. I had some very very minor brownish discharge ( really like 1/4 teaspoon) I called my Dr and had the worlds most painful uterine biopsy. Came back inconclusive due to having such a thin lining it was hard to get a sample. Dr said that she is confident that the possibility of missing any cancer is nest to zero. Cancerous lining is usually very think, mine is VERY thin.Because of that I am taking a long time to heal and stop spotting. I go in for an ultra sound Monday am and talk to my onc Tuesday about changing to AI and off T. I would love to know what happened to the ladies who went in for biopsys and ultra sounds. Most say that all was negative but what about polyps and fibroids? Im almost 53 , been on T for 16 months with additional Lupron shots every three months.

Any follow up stories to share?

Thanks

Hi, susansfca! I think I'm in the same sitch as you are. I've been on Tamoxifen since 12/2012, and I'm on the "10-year plan" because of my dx (Stage III with node involvement). About a month ago, I had a routine physical and the PA did a Pap smear. I've only had one since chemopause in 2012, and while it was very uncomfortable, I didn't have any other issues with it. I had what was, to me, a surprising amount of bleeding after this most recent one. The PA assured me that bleeding after a Pap isn't uncommon in general. I spotted just a little after the appointment for a couple of days, and that was that. A few days ago, all of a sudden, I had some mild cramping and heavy feeling, just like the good ole days - and some more mild spotting. I went to the doc today, same thing, uterine biopsy. She tried 3 times to get a sample, got very little, and said that if it's inconclusive, they'll do an ultrasound. I'm feeling optimistic about the fact that I too have very little lining. Only thing is... if there really is something not right, I just want to be done with it! We're counting down to my son's wedding at the end of September. And I'm crossing my fingers that this doesn't affect my ability to continue with Tamoxifen. I frankly never even thought about polyps. Hmm.

Hi all, I had been on Tamox since 2012. Back in June started spotting after almost a year of no periods. Had a hysteroscopy that found polyps, biopsy done and all came back good. So a D & C scheduled and done to get rid of the polyps. Few days later got a call that the pathology showed endometrial cancer. Even the doctor was surprised. Had a hysterectomy last week and pathology shows cancer was contained to endometrial lining and had not invaded the uterus so all should be good now. Just having a hard time understanding how something that has been proven to cause cancer is still a viable drug option. And another BCO sister has cataracts from it as well. Waiting to see what the oncologist says, but going to have a big discussion if she expects me to jump onto the AI bandwagon after all of this. Those side effects don't sound doable for a good quality of life.