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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
Is there anyone out there that did not go on the five year pills?
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@crazydaisy @trixie1313
And like Trixie, I'm on AIs (first anastrozole and now exemestane) for seven years as I'm tripple positive for hormone receptors.
CrazyDaisy, I think most oncologists suggest some sort of estrogen lowering medication following breast cancers that are estrogen positive—, those that are driven by estrogen. However many of us do not tolerate these medications very well, and have side effects that are hard to live with.
@crazydaisy I was on Anastrozole for 6 months it was terrible for me and I had horrible body aches. My doctor had me take a break and switched to Tamoxifen after a while I felt aches again. I have opted to take nothing as I am considered low risk. The doctor told me taking Tamoxifen would cut my risk in half. I have a feeling a lot of women wrestle with this decision I know I do but also know at 66 years old my quality of life is important to me. I was diagnosed April 2018 so far so good.
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Five years? Nope...Unfortunately, I'm on the 10-year plan due to the neuroendocrine cancer of the breast. What I have found though is not to settle for problems with AIs, but to move on to another one if the first or even the second don't work out for you. I was so depressed with the pain and all the other side effects of the first one that I have been pleasantly surprised by the third one I tried and have been doing fairly well on that for a year now.