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FormerMember
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I had a follow up appointment with the consultant today. He wasn't surprised with the side effects of chemo catching up on me and also the fatigue from the radiotherapy too, making it worse. My throat is seriously sore and feeling run down but he tells me my immune system is low so I will feel extra rotten. But nonetheless, he congratulated me on completing chemo.

We discussed the next stage which would be a bone density scan and also tamoxifen, which I would need to take for a number of years. He pointed out that tamoxifen had been known to increase the risk of endometrial cancer but the risk was 1 in 4000 and 1 in 2000 after I have been taking the tamoxifen for a few years but he said the benefit to prevent the breast cancer returning outweighed the risk of endometrial cancer which he said is curable if I get it!! Already a risk of heart problems and second cancers caused by chemo and radiotherapy...
He also pointed out that Tamoxifen would likely increase my weight too. No better time than now to get fit I guess.  
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