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Aromatase Inhibitors: Did you decide to go on them or not?
Breast Cancer | Last Active: May 12, 2023 | Replies (1190)Comment receiving replies
Hi @yahomich, welcome to Mayo Clinic Connect. What a lovely introduction to get to know a bit about you. After having had chemo, mastectomy, radiation, and now tamoxifen, I see you are considering and researching aromatase inhibitors. For that reason, I moved your message to this existing discussion called, "Aromatase Inhihibitors: Did you decide to go on them or not?" If you click VIEW & REPLY, you can scroll through all the fabulously informative posts by fellow members.
Good for you for taking control and walking and eating well.
Yahomich, I'd be curious to know, what have you been told by your oncologist so far about the different AI options? Is one being suggested over the others? Or is the choice completely yours?
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Hi, I have been pursuing different options with my oncologist. I think its different for everyone's diagnosis.. but i am ER+ and HER2-.. Right now I am on tamoxifen for 5 months and I can't really even tell I am on it. Maybe a little joint tightness in the morning but that could be because I am working out. This is what I was told by my Mayo DR. 50% odds of reoccurrence with tamoxifen alone. 42% my ovaries are shut down (induced menopause or menopause) and 40-39% if take an AI versus tamoxifen. What other said line up with what my doctor said. He said that cancer has many make ups in the cells, they treat whatever is dominate (example ER+) but some cells may survive that don't respond to the medicine we are taking and that is how a reoccurrence starts. I am going for 10 years of tamoxifen if I am able to tolerate it.. I was also told he would rather have me take 10 years of tamoxifen versus 5 years of AI because of my age of 46. I have another question though.. does anyone have strong opinions on DIEP surgery versus Implant after radiation? If you did implants did you do both and why? I am really pondering those options now and any advise would be welcomed Sending you all blessings!