Today i want to talk about how Nolvadex tablets changed my life. It may appear to be small and irrelevant to those around me but i assure you its not. i dont want to give you another boring paper about how to use the drug correctly, what dosages are okay to take. i dont want to rehash the short term and long term side effects, when its appropriate to contact your doctor about such things. And i really dont want to waste your time by telling you all the things that every other paper is sure to cover.
in 2010 my mother was diagnosed with breast cancer and anyone who has every watched a loved one go through that knows how scary it is. I was living a state away and would have to come back every month to help her get to chemo and other appointments. she looked forward to my week long visits but could not truly enjoy the time i was there. i could see how sad she was. she wanted to be out there helping me hang the christmas lights on the huge tree in our front yard. she wanted to be there right along side me as i built a new desk for the office or even made a home cooked dinner. thats who she was. she was incredible and so lively. Breast cancer was holding her back from taking part in all the activities she enjoyed most… which seems like everything.
Her cancer wasn’t getting any worse but the improvements were so slight that at times i know she wanted to stop the chemo treatments because of how sick they made her. We were going into years of aggressively fighting this cancer. thinking back now i have no idea how we managed to keep our morale up or how she always seemed to stay so positive.
I ended up moving back to her neighborhood so i could be more involved and it was the first time in a long time i had seen her smile and knew she meant it. We continued treatments and i stayed informed on everything we were supposed to do. one day i picked up her pills and found this pill called nolvadex in with her medication. I had thought myself well informed on her treatments and had no idea there was yet another pill in with her medication. When i asked her about it she told me it was new and that her doctor said it would help make sure the breast cancer didn’t spread while they switched over from chemo to radiation therapy.
Six months later she was cancer free and smiling and laughing like she had always done before cancer. she wasn’t sick all the time and she could finally be herself. now i know Nolvadex didn’t cure her but it did make cancer treatment a whole lot easier on her and us as a family.
I am self employed. General Practitioner in Melbourne, VIC. My special interest: male reproductive system.