tips for better mammogram?

[ny biker]

I don't think my mother had a problem with weight gain from tamoxifen. She did have hot flashes.

She's doing great 14 years later.

[szsz]

I had weight gain from Tamoxifen and am now getting it off. It's slow going. But, I am in this trial http://energytrial.ucsd.edu/ which is definitely helping. So, I feel like I am having little to no side effects now with the 1 hour (at least) of exercise a day.

The main issue these days is feeling like I am having PMS for weeks at a time. I was getting my period at first and then I stopped, and then it started and then stopped again. Before my DX in 2010 I was not at all menopausal.

[SpeedyChix]

Was on tamoxifen for three years, off now due to another primary (not spread) cancer and experiencing the chemo coaster (ugh). Won't need any more mammograms moving forward now.

Didn't have any issues with weight gain from tamoxefin. Mostly menopausal symptoms which weren't too bad. Stayed pretty active during '09 rads, running and biking. Think that being active and exercising helps overall with the symptoms.

Eating a healthy diet and being active are a real help.

[redrhodie]

One week down! Rode to rads 3 times this week. We had pretty intense wind and rain at the end of the week, so I drove those days. Still no problems, knocking on wood. Using lots of aloe vera.

[SpeedyChix]

One week down! Rode to rads 3 times this week. We had pretty intense wind and rain at the end of the week, so I drove those days. Still no problems, knocking on wood. Using lots of aloe vera.

Way to rock it. Staying active seems to help.

[malkin]

What a woman!!

[redrhodie]

One third done! Managed another 3 commutes, which I'm pretty proud of since it was 18° one of those days, and snow/ice the other two. Of course that makes me appear very badazz to the rest of the kids in the waiting room (who are all retirees). They always ask about my ride, and one of the ladies has a motorized trike she rides in summer, so they don't seem to think I'm that weird. I'm working on getting the receptionist to commute. I can tell she's thinking about it.

I still have no skin issues, and although I did need a long nap yesterday, I'm not sure that wasn't just normal sleep deprivation, along with the extra effort of riding on studs.