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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
I gained almost 30 pounds and I eat plant based whole foods. I have already lost 5 pounds. It is crazy that the first the doctor says is you need to lose some weight and then puts you on AIs that cause weight gain. I will get my results tomorrow as to remission or not.
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@jeaniebean Pharmaceuticals are tricky. Since going on an AI in January 2018, I lost about 25 lbs. in two years without dieting or increasing exercise... then my weight leveled off during the pandemic SIP business when exercise time plummeted with the close of my gym. I was not unhappy with the weight loss, but it alarmed my oncologist at first. At my age, it likely has more to do with loss of muscle mass than fat loss... but nonetheless, you never know how your body will react to an AI until you go on one.
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Crazy, isn't it? Even the chemo they put me on was one that caused weight gain!! Please let us know how your results are. I go back in March for my next PET scan. Have to have them every 6 months because of the second lesion being neuroendocrine cancer.