Aromatase Inhibitors: How to choose and manage side effects?

Just had another fall. Not hurt but it's such a mission to get up again. Also get very anxious when I forget a word, even in my own head. It always comes back when I'm relaxed but it's humiliating in conversation. I'm going to ask the doctor if I can stop the letrozole for a while to see if that's what is causing these symptoms.

I have made the choice to not take these. After 18 mos of trial and error.
Blessings to you ❤️

Have a check up to ensure that it is not really dementia

Since you are only talking about three weeks on the medicine, it should be pretty straightforward to know if it is the medicine or not.
Did the muscle weakness and the brain fog and memory issues start in the last three weeks?

What are the wonder diet drugs, that a hormone based?

I also had score of 11. Had invasive lobular multi foci (2) next to each other , got lumpectomy , margins clear, and opted for radiation, since I heard those meds are hard to stay on, and I have enough issues without them.
They want me to take tamoxifen since I have osteoporosis. The pills are on my counter, but something is telling me not to take them.

So many here have mentioned that the AIs reduce the recurrence rate by 50%. I have been told that as well, but isn't that just a general statement? I don’t know exactly how to say this in mathematical terms, but your personal type of cancer, lymph node involvement, etc all come into play and ultimately lower that number.

I’m saying this because so many on this site have a better understanding than I have, and can help me figure out- or better weigh my options with these drugs.

I had two tumors in my right breast, stage one and stage 2 triple positive ductal carcinoma. So chemo, lumpectomy, radiation and now 5 years of AIs. I am currently cancer free, and I’ve had some issues with the medication. I don’t really want to take it. I took anastrzole first, had some leg pain and switched to extremestan gained weight, and now back to anastrazole. After going through all this I don’t want to essentially waste those efforts by not completing the treatment, but if the recurrence rate is a much lower number I’d rather be comfortable at 73.

All I can tell you is from my experiences. I’ve tried all three of the AI drugs and all three gave me debilitating side effects. My oncologist offered tamoxifen but left the decision up to me. I am currently not taking any blockers. My quality of life is better.
I’m 70 and my tumor her+ stage 1. Lumpectomy and radiation.
Good luck to you! ❤️

Thank you for saying this about tamoxifen! I have a bottle in my drawer but like you there is a little voice in my head telling me no.

Wegovy is the only brand name that is coming to mind for me right now. GLP – one is the class of drugs, they are usually injectables and pricey. What I was told by chemotherapy doctor was that they are almost all hormone based and for me, a breast cancer patient with ER positive PR positive breast cancer prior to the mastectomy, I’m not to take any hormone based meds like that. I talked to my primary care doctor, who used to work in a cancer center, and he said there few weight loss medication’s that are not hormone based. Phentermine was one of the older medication‘s. That is not hormone based. He said the problem is it doesn’t work well for everyone, but fortunately it worked for me. It was part of the old Fen/Phen medication that was taken off the market many years ago. It was the part of that blend that was OK, but not as effective by itself as it was when added into that older cocktail.