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I'm wondering if Tamoxifen caused any of the othe ladies out there to go
into menopaus sooner or had this affect. I'd be interested in hearing
from you.

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Dunno.

My period went haywire & basically stopped, shortly after I was severely
injured in Jan. 1998, in a fall on pavement, concrete. Due to ongoing
unsafe conditions at a shopping mall. Severely injured me head to toe.
Docs said (unofficially) I should never have survived the fall, & that
with even one of these many serious injuries, shouldn't want to. I did &
do.

The gynecologist was no help. The docs usually act dumb as dung,
smirking jerks about stuff like this.

Probably, many things can affect periods, menopause symptoms & such,
... but I doubt if most docs know or care anything about it.

Most things (including med care) are about money & meanness, abuse of
power & getting off on it, hypocrisy.

I don't know where you'd get some info & insight on meds doing the harm
necessary, to bring on menopause. I know that injuries do.

Good luck.

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Perhaps there are more than one kind of menopause? That which comes
naturally. That which comes due to injuries & illness, damage from meds,
... a premature shut down or off, of some bodily functions.

Susan Wms, Su_Texas    my opinions

PS  It's very painful emotionally, to be prematurely aged against our
will, due to injuries or illness, which are not our fault. We get
robbed. Nothing's fair.

Life is the sick-sh*t that happens to us, when we were planning for, had
worked hard & prepared for, & were focused on doing other things, ....
overly deserved to to get to do other things, which we now can never do.

The worst betrayal of all, has been the docs & medical industry, ....
their lies, frauds, harm done, rip-offs, coldness & cruelty, desertion.
Also, the failure of the govt & legal systems, the corruption &
crime-rule, .... & the moral depravity, hypocrisy, sick needs & greeds,
weakness & cowardice in those communities that allow it.

I am a survivor, I found out I had breast cancer 11 years ago. It was
chemo (not tamoxifen) that put me into an early menopause, actually I'm
thankful for that because it only lasted about 2 weeks. Hot sweats and
so on......I have friends that have been dealing with it for years....
I am thankful for every day, and proud that I made it through. Hope
helped me!!!!!!

Take Care,
A Survivor

Hi,

I started on tamoxifen a year ago after lumpectomy and radiation treatment.
I exercised alot and did not gain weight.
Mestrual periods stopped (I'm 52) but there are no other menopause side
effects like hotflashes or other...
I don't really miss periods, truthfully and not having to prepare for them
does not make me feel less of a woman.
During a check up with ultra-sounds , the doctor detected cysts in the
uterus, but after re-checking 2 weeks later, the conclusion was that it was
due to the tamoxifen, they come and go. But it does not  hurt or change my
appearance so it does not bother me.
I was ready to refuse to take tamoxifen after reading about all the side
effects and decided that  that was a decision I could always make after
having tried it. You hear mostly about the bad stuff because people don't
talk about when things are ok.
So, I just want to say, that there are probably a whole lot of people out
there  for whom tamoxifen is no more bothersome than taking an aspirin
every morning and that though I more than understand any reticence to our
being forced to take certain drugs, side effects do not affect everyone and
not in the same way  so don't expect the worse right away and I wish you the
best.

sincerely,
Michele