Mar 17, 2023 10:43AM maggie15 wrote:

Februarystar27, I'm sorry that you have to go through the stress of a biopsy and waiting for pathology but that is the only way to know what is going on. Condolences on the loss of your mom. You are correct in assuming that the lump is probably benign. It's hard not to imagine the worst but try to distract yourself with other things. Hopefully you will be able to resume IVF treatment soon. This site is a good place to get your anxiety out because we understand. Best wishes for a benign result!

Mar 17, 2023 11:39AM maggie15 wrote:

Hi joce, I'm sorry that you are having to endure the wait for pathology. If it turns out to be a high risk lesion like ADH a low dose of tamoxifen (with fewer side effects) is often prescribed. Things get better once you know what you are dealing with since there is a treatment plan in place. Good luck going forward!

Mar 17, 2023 05:00PM salamandra wrote:

Hi Februarystar,

Please don't borrow trouble over the tamoxifen. Plenty of women don't have side effects at all, and another large subset is able to find a way to make it work by finding the right generic for them, splitting doses am and pm, or cutting doses. The minority of us for whom that doesn't work are the most likely to show up here and post about it, but many of us do end up finding other options (for me it was toremifene) or making peace with the decision to forego the hormonal therapy.

I don't think you can really predict based on other meds. I'm generally pretty tolerant of meds but something about tamoxifen just exhausted me. On the other hand, toremifene has been fine.

Good luck!