Just took my first Tamoxifen pill

Attygirl
Attygirl Member Posts: 121
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  • Frankie Shannon
    Frankie Shannon Member Posts: 457
    #2
    Good girl, let us know how
    Good girl, let us know how you do on it.
    Hugs Frankie
  • Attygirl
    Attygirl Member Posts: 121
    #3
    Frankie Shannon said:

    Good girl, let us know how
    Good girl, let us know how you do on it.
    Hugs Frankie

    Will do, Frankie Shannon!
    Trying not to be nervous about it. Trying to envision it doing it's little cancer-fighting job!
  • Frankie Shannon
    Frankie Shannon Member Posts: 457
    #4
    Attygirl said:

    Will do, Frankie Shannon!
    Trying not to be nervous about it. Trying to envision it doing it's little cancer-fighting job!

    Don't be nervous it will do
    Don't be nervous it will do it's job,i have been on it for two years.
    Hugs Frankie
  • Attygirl
    Attygirl Member Posts: 121
    #5
    Frankie Shannon said:

    Don't be nervous it will do
    Don't be nervous it will do it's job,i have been on it for two years.
    Hugs Frankie

    Good to know
    I will try to relax!
  • sdukowitz
    sdukowitz Member Posts: 250
    #6
    Good luck! IVE BEEN ON IT
    Good luck! IVE BEEN ON IT SINCE DEC LAST YEAR..... I TRY NOT TO EVEN THINK ABOUT IT AND JUST GOT A CLEAR MAMMOGRAM AFTER ONE YEAR AGO DIAGNOSIS .... SO IM GONNA TRY TO KEEEP TAKING IT... SUE D
  • disneyfan2008
    disneyfan2008 Member Posts: 6,583 Member
    #7
    I just started MY 5th
    I just started MY 5th year...

    My gyno *rule of thumb, does not do regular internal ultrsounds (not sure of name of it) but my oncologist insisted. I had one every 4-6 mths followed by d & c...

    I am happy she had me do this though hassle and time off work..

    Denise
  • jnl
    jnl Member Posts: 3,869 Member
    #8
    Attygirl said:

    Good to know
    I will try to relax!

    Good luck!
    Hugs, Leeza

    Good luck!


    Hugs, Leeza
  • lintx
    lintx Member Posts: 697
    #9
    Attygirl said:

    Good to know
    I will try to relax!

    4 down for me!
    I didn't do the math like you though...ha We're in this thing together.Linda
  • lintx
    lintx Member Posts: 697
    #10
    sdukowitz said:

    Good luck! IVE BEEN ON IT
    Good luck! IVE BEEN ON IT SINCE DEC LAST YEAR..... I TRY NOT TO EVEN THINK ABOUT IT AND JUST GOT A CLEAR MAMMOGRAM AFTER ONE YEAR AGO DIAGNOSIS .... SO IM GONNA TRY TO KEEEP TAKING IT... SUE D

    Hi Sue
    Post your "clear" comment on the thread you started before the mammo. Everyone is revisiting that pg looking for the news. So glad to find it here though. Linda
  • debi.18
    debi.18 Member Posts: 850 Member
    #11
    disneyfan2008 said:

    I just started MY 5th
    I just started MY 5th year...

    My gyno *rule of thumb, does not do regular internal ultrsounds (not sure of name of it) but my oncologist insisted. I had one every 4-6 mths followed by d & c...

    I am happy she had me do this though hassle and time off work..

    Denise

    wow
    Wow...I never realized exactly how many days it was. I started on it in January. Not many issues, a little joint pain and I blame it for not being able to lose my chemo weight.

    Hugs,Debi
  • Angie2U
    Angie2U Member Posts: 2,991
    #12
    sdukowitz said:

    Good luck! IVE BEEN ON IT
    Good luck! IVE BEEN ON IT SINCE DEC LAST YEAR..... I TRY NOT TO EVEN THINK ABOUT IT AND JUST GOT A CLEAR MAMMOGRAM AFTER ONE YEAR AGO DIAGNOSIS .... SO IM GONNA TRY TO KEEEP TAKING IT... SUE D

    Wishing you good luck too!
    Wishing you good luck too! If you do have bad side effects, you can always stop taking it. Hoping that you won't have any side effects!


    Hugs, Angie
  • Attygirl
    Attygirl Member Posts: 121
    #13
    Thanks everyone. Just took #4.
    Sorry if I freaked anyone out by doing the math. I didn't even figure in leap years, so it is actually more. Why am I so fixated on the #? One day at a time...
  • Attygirl
    Attygirl Member Posts: 121
    #14
    debi.18 said:

    wow
    Wow...I never realized exactly how many days it was. I started on it in January. Not many issues, a little joint pain and I blame it for not being able to lose my chemo weight.

    Hugs,Debi

    Glad to hear
    you are doing ok with it!
  • Attygirl
    Attygirl Member Posts: 121
    #15
    disneyfan2008 said:

    I just started MY 5th
    I just started MY 5th year...

    My gyno *rule of thumb, does not do regular internal ultrsounds (not sure of name of it) but my oncologist insisted. I had one every 4-6 mths followed by d & c...

    I am happy she had me do this though hassle and time off work..

    Denise

    Yes!
    I insisted on a baseline uterine ultraound before starting. Now I will be sure to follow-up like you do!

    Congrats on starting your final year!
  • Attygirl
    Attygirl Member Posts: 121
    #16
    sdukowitz said:

    Good luck! IVE BEEN ON IT
    Good luck! IVE BEEN ON IT SINCE DEC LAST YEAR..... I TRY NOT TO EVEN THINK ABOUT IT AND JUST GOT A CLEAR MAMMOGRAM AFTER ONE YEAR AGO DIAGNOSIS .... SO IM GONNA TRY TO KEEEP TAKING IT... SUE D

    Thanks so much
    Yay for clear mammos!
  • Attygirl
    Attygirl Member Posts: 121
    #17
    jnl said:

    Good luck!
    Hugs, Leeza

    Good luck!


    Hugs, Leeza

    Thanks
    Leeza
  • Attygirl
    Attygirl Member Posts: 121
    #18
    lintx said:

    4 down for me!
    I didn't do the math like you though...ha We're in this thing together.Linda

    4 Down!
    Yay!
    We truly are in this together! Thanks!
  • Lynn Smith
    Lynn Smith Member Posts: 1,264 Member
    #19
    Attygirl said:

    Thanks everyone. Just took #4.
    Sorry if I freaked anyone out by doing the math. I didn't even figure in leap years, so it is actually more. Why am I so fixated on the #? One day at a time...

    I didn't count the days
    I didn't count the days days but counting the months.It will be 3 years in Dec since I started tamox.I was appehensive just taking that first pill.I was afraid of some serious reaction.

    I won't have any female problems with uterus/ovaries since I had surgery to remove all that when I was 48.That's been a relief not to have that worry.

    Hope you do fine on it and will be able to continue taking it the 5 years.I only have a loss of appetite since taking it.

    Lynn Smith
  • Attygirl
    Attygirl Member Posts: 121
    #20
    Lynn Smith said:

    I didn't count the days
    I didn't count the days days but counting the months.It will be 3 years in Dec since I started tamox.I was appehensive just taking that first pill.I was afraid of some serious reaction.

    I won't have any female problems with uterus/ovaries since I had surgery to remove all that when I was 48.That's been a relief not to have that worry.

    Hope you do fine on it and will be able to continue taking it the 5 years.I only have a loss of appetite since taking it.

    Lynn Smith

    Glad to hear...
    ...you are doing well on it after 3 years. I had to make a big leap of faith to take the first pill!
    Loss of appetite? Never heard of that as a s.e. of tamox. If it meant drooping a few pounds, I honestly wouldn't mind that one.
    Be well!
  • pinkkari09
    pinkkari09 Member Posts: 877
    #21
    Hope all goes well:)
    Miles
    Hope all goes well:)
    Miles of Love,
    ~Kari

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