Thanks for your comment. Since anastrozole in the first 3 months shrank my tumor in the left breast so small they could hardly find it. And now on my right one it has shrunk a great deal to the point now where my breast looks entirely different. It looks normal. With thoughts from my surgeon I am not afraid of the surgery or even worried I guess. You see in my crochet group one woman and has had a double mastectomy, two have had lumpectomies, and one woman recently had a kidney removed. She showed me her scar and was back at the crochet table 3 days later. They have helped me so much and it was by accident or let's say Divine synchronicity that we all ended up together in a crochet group. The truth came out. They have been so helpful to me a in not worrying that I'm actually surprised at myself. My swimming has declined I'm only going about once a week just for a little exercise, I joined a bridge group, which I had been looking for and then all of a sudden it fell in my lap. Yes, I'm certainly hoping that these hot flashes go away fast but they're not so far. I'm feeling better everyday and the further I get away from Anastrozole or letrozole the better off I am right now.