I am sorry to hear about your ongoing health troubles but so grateful to you for your generosity in sharing this information.

I intend to write an article about this and would very much like to attribute it to you. Please let me know if you’re happy with this, and if so, let me have your full name so I can get that included.

My best wishes and thoughts to you and your family and be assured that this is not a journey you are taking alone – we’re all there with you.

Kind regards

Sian
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As it turned out, I should not have taken Tamoxifen. Through some sort of coincidence one of my nieces took ill and it was soon discovered that she was/is a hemophila, which meant that somebody to whom she is genetically related probably was as well. Yes, I am. But, not only me, my two sisters are as well. It is beyond me why a routine blood test is not performed PRIOR to insisting that Tamoxifen be taken–at least here in the USA, or in CA, or in my case it isn’t–who would ever think that someone would be a hemophilia–very few of us are, but very few of us know it too. Had I taken Tamoxifen, my Factor II issue may have interacted with it and a blood clot may have been the end of my story. I am therefore telling all who will listen/read to please ask for the blood test before taking anything that might be a huge risk to your overall health, as ironic as it seems, for of course breast cancer is a threat to anyone’s overall health.

I am almost a year out from my last reconstructive surgery, but I am about ready to schedule another surgery on the same breast–to remove it, so it is interesting that I receive an update from your website today, the very day of my appointment. The nasty old disease persists in hanging around, despite radiation and despite partial mastectomy and a few glasses of wine and tons of positive thinking. The only thing I guess I can say with certainty now is that Tamoxifen will probably not kill me.

Best to you and all of your friends.