Unfortunately oncology professionals get very focused on keeping us alive (rightly so). While I am very grateful for that, it feels like many of them forget that we are also focused on “living”.
I have found that if I can ask why or how, sometimes more than once, it can help. I don’t know if this helps but I might ask specifically what is the protocol for how long I need to take it and does the benefit for me personally outweigh the side effects that really affect my quality of life. Then I might actually ask if there is another choice because I just can’t take this anymore.
After you see her next month, will you come back and tag me and let me know how it goes?

Initially when I saw the surgeon, she said 5-10 years on ai. Then saw oncologist and he said 5 years - that research doesn’t really show a major difference in increasing the time to 10 years. I’ve seen some on here talk about the “breast cancer index” and other tests that are supposed to help determine if you should stay on longer. I went over one of them online but didn’t feel it gave me the right information as it indicated I wouldn’t benefit from any ai therapy but didn’t take into account oncotype, Ki67 etc. I haven’t really researched a lot more, May when it gets closer to the 5 year mark.