I'm curious as to why your on tamoxifen as I thought post menopausal women were put on anastrazole or letrozole. The joint pain I can empathise with, some days I feel 100 years old. 
 

I have read you can bleed after stopping tamoxifen but I did think that was on pre menopausal women, were you having periods before taking it? 
 

Hope you can get sorted love...xx

Hi, 

Thank you for your reply. 

I was still having regular periods before being put on Tamoxifen. I was 55 and showing no signs of the menopause!

After 3 days of having a break from it, I'm having a period! 

I wondered if that was normal. Although I'm not sure it's normal to be facing periods at my age?

Oh wow, well that explains why you were put on tamoxifen.....I think it is normal to bleed when on a break from it, this happened to a friend of mine ( she's 53) but it wouldn't hurt to chat to your GP ..

I couldn't imagine having periods at my age (55)  although I do know it's not unheard of to be going on as late as you. I do hope things settle down for you soon..

Hello and thanks for posting,

Unfortunately, as nurses, we can't really give you a specific medical opinion on this. Tamoxifen can take up to a month for the drug levels to drop within the body.

It is possible that your bleed is connected to this, but we can't say for sure. Do let your GP know about this episode, and they can assess you further.

I hope that this helps,

Best wishes,

Vanda

Thank you for your reply.

I've just seen my GP. He has examined me, taken some swabs, prescribed Tranexamic Acid and referred me to the Post Menopausal Clinic under the two week rule. 
This is just as a precaution as I'm bleeding so much (unfortunately all over the examination bed!!) 

Hopefully it's just a reaction to stopping the Tamoxifen but he wants to check everything is ok.

x