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@sessooner

I appreciate your input. I face surgery in two weeks and know I will be facing these meds for 5 years following radiation. I have been disheartened by the posts about the side effects. While it is good to know about side effects, I also have to remind myself that we are all more likely to post if we are having a bad experience. While my heart goes out to everyone facing these horrible side effects, it is encouraging to know that not everyone experiences them.

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Good luck on your surgery. 70 years old Right mastectomy no recon Stage 1 grade 4 2 cm tumour no lymph node involvement. 4 chemo sessions because my oncotype score was 51. I totally agree with you. When you do Dr. Google search for the most part you find the negatives. I actually typed in one time anyone have good results from the AI medication and of course nothing came up. How often do we do a positive review when we are happy with something but would be on it like grease lightening if we had bad service. I am on my second AI exemestane started on Thursday and I won’t wait as long as I did on Anastrazole which I was only on 3 months. Wishing you all the best!❤️❤️

I've read that about 60% of women have no side effects on AI's. Of course they do not post - if they are having no problems. I personally met some women at a breast cancer luncheon that were at the 5 year mark - so they were going to stop taking it. They had had NO side effects at all. So you really do not know unless you try the drugs. I took anastrozole for 1 year but my Hands hurt so much - there was no way I was going to hit the 5 yr mark, let alone 10 years. I was switched to Exemestane, which is SO much better - I think I can go the full 5 years now. I still have hot flashes and insomnia I started taking CALM for the insomnia, it really works!! I use the gummies. Good luck in the decision you have to make. We all make our own choices. Get all the information you need - but you may not have any side effects.