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Osteopenia, a side effect of Anastrozole: Any advice?
Breast Cancer | Last Active: May 24, 2025 | Replies (24)Comment receiving replies
I know exactly what you mean about the amount of research just to find answers to stuff i feel should have been part of our "education " right up front. I mean, someone is aware of all the risks/issues, why do we need to go searching for it, each one of us, and possibly each finding different answers or levels of detail?
About the blood sugar and cholesterol, those are things I've read or heard, and I'm sorry I don't recall where. I just did labs this week, my glucose is fine but cholesterol is high. Onc confirmed probably caused by anastrozole, and i may want to have a cardiovascular work up at some point. Great, what next? My "care team" keeps expanding, and none of them seem to communicate with each other either.
Good luck to you in finding the answers you need. I often feel like the squeaky wheel. I always have one more question, but we have to keep asking for ourselves, no one else will.
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Thank you for your quick response. I feel like I could have written your email. The last 6 months have been nothing but doctor's appointments and tests that I initiated. My PCP said neuropathy has 100 causes and the most common are diabetes and chemo. She said she doesn't think it is either and determined idiopathic which means they don't know the cause. So when do we move on to #3? I went to a neurologist after an MRI. I was filling him in on what I had found out from research. He looked at me and said I was a very intelligent woman. What? This is info you should be telling me. I keep hearing magnesium mentioned on all blogs. Not one doctor has suggested it. I have to request blood panels. My next steps will be testing for toxicities and allergies. Don't get me wrong, every day I thank God I don't have cancer. I suppose I may have to accept the decline in my quality of life as a trade off. I am hopeful there will be answers that will be found by the medical community. It was nice chatting wish you and I sincerely wish you all the best!