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zazen

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4. "vastly less drastic" unless you have awful mood-related side effects

Reply to Rhinodawg (Original post)

Thu Dec 25, 2014, 03:39 PM

Dec 2014

There are risks of surgery, of course, but I've been through a mastectomy/reconstruction (for early stage cancer) and do not take tamoxifen. I would choose a mastectomy for my remaining breast over another mood-altering hormone-affecting drug any day. Quality of life (without mood-altering drugs depressing me) is more important than keeping my second breast. But that's just me.

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Breast cancer prevention drug gives lasting protection, study finds [View all] Rhinodawg Dec 2014 OP

After my surgery I was 840high Dec 2014 #1

Did they want to continue it past 5 years? Rhinodawg Dec 2014 #2

I did but doc felt 5 years was enough. 840high Dec 2014 #3

It isn't indicated past 60 months Ruby the Liberal Dec 2014 #5

I went 5 years on Tamoxifen and then 5 years on Arimidex. Lars39 Dec 2014 #7

"vastly less drastic" unless you have awful mood-related side effects zazen Dec 2014 #4

I did the same Ruby the Liberal Dec 2014 #6