Tamoxifen before radiotherapy

Hi Bab, 

I have just logged in as about to change from anastrozole to tamoxifen, unfortunately cannot tell you side effects. I started anastrozole before lumpectomy and radiotherapy. Therefore I am assuming you can start before the radiotherapy. I trust my surgeon and am quite sure it is fine. 
enjoy your holiday xx

Hello. I had surgery last June, started Tamoxifen in mid July and had my rads late aug/sept. Theres details in my profile. I started taking it in a morning but had a few days of feeling quite nauseous so switched to an evening after dinner which is much better. Everyone is different so it may be a case of playing around with both time of day and the brand as side effects seem to be quite personal. Have a read of this thread which may help:

community.macmillan.org.uk/.../oestrogen-reducing-medications

Thank you Wajdi. Good luck in your change to Tamoxifen.

Thank you so much Tired Minion. Your story is very muck like mine. I hope you are doing well.

I stated tamoxifen before radiotherapy because I had an infected wound so they could not start radiotherapy until the wound had healed. 
It is normal to start it before radiotherapy. 
hope this helps 

I found tamoxifen fine. I don't have any symptoms beyond menopausal ones that I had anyway from the chemo. No joint pains, headaches, nausea or anything like I hear about with AIs. It really has been fine. Also find sage tea helps with my hot flushes/night sweats - I have some nights with only one night sweat and others with loads - though it does seem to relate to whether I had more than one cup of coffee in the day or not. I try to avoid too much caffeine, spicy food, alcohol and sugary foods as they all make the sweats/flushes worse. Enjoy that much needed holiday!

Hi Bab 

I’ve just had lumpectomy 2 weeks ago and was given tamoxifen yesterday. So starting tonight. I haven’t got a date yet for radium treatment. But was told should be in 6 weeks. Hopefully they aren’t too bad x