Jan now takes Arimidex, known to cause osteoporosis. So I looked at Professor Jane Plant's book on osteoporosis. I like the discussion here, where a vested interest from the dairy industry challenged her hatred of dairy products. I like her response .. " Where do cows or hippopotamus get their calcium from?"
The doctors assume that extra calcium intake is necessary, have put Jan on calcium supplements and many seem worried if one stops taking dairy products. It is interesting that cows are vegetarians, yet have adequate calcium!
Jan still has itchy skin eruptions at what seem to be random areas of her body. We wonder if it is an allergic reaction to Tamoxifen? In the meantime Jan had mammograms of both breasts to check for cancer......results expected tomorrow.....can it be that efficient?
I read three papers on how the body metabolises Tamoxifen, two of the three reckon it takes 10 or 14 days before blood concentrations drop to half after one stops taking it. Jan stopped 2 weeks ago, so maybe it is reasonable the Tamoxifen is still causing a skin rash. Odd that the consultant worried that Jan had stopped for just 4 days earlier, as though she was unaware of how slowly it was excreted from the body.
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