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Decide against aromatase inhibitors?
Breast Cancer | Last Active: Aug 27 10:53am | Replies (124)Comment receiving replies
Thank you and everyone who is relaying their experiences, this is exactly what I was hoping for! I wanted to hear the good as well as the bad. I have plenty of time to decide since I need a bone scan before I start taking one and the first available appointment is Oct 30! My appointment with the oncologist is Nov 6. My surgery was May 30, radiation completed on July16. Has anyone else had to wait this long? I must have the bone scan done at the same facility that the first was done at 3 or 4 years ago for accuracy. This is crazy to me, do I need the aromatase inhibitor or not??
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You will know more after the bone scan. It's not usually given before completion of surgery and radiation. I am an exception, since I was already on it to reduce the size of the tumor prior to lumpectomy. Sometimes chemo is given prior to being on AIs, so my guess is that they are waiting for the bone scan. Our treatment team has a patient portal where I can go and ask questions between visits. My suggestion is that you ask them. It's a valid question.