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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
Sorry it's been 2 months since I first signed up and asked about AI's. Yes I've been taking letrozole for 2mths. Found a Breast cancer doctor that specializes in metastatic bc and he talked me into taking abemaciclib 150mg, took for a month and got progressively more and more tired, diarrhea felt horrible. The dose was lowered to 100mg a month ago and I feel much better. Am also getting zoledronic acid infusion 1x month as the bc stage 4 has spread to my bones. Unfortunately, I've become anemic and my white cell count is getting lower. But I feel grateful to be where I'm at. I do have a question... has anyone received the vaccine while on meds, I'm due to get my first dose Thursday and nervous about it being too much for my system to take. Thank you.
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@junec I get my first covid injection on Saturday. So far, I'm hearing that the first dose is uneventful, but that the second dose can give some people flu-like symptoms. I also learned that the CDC recently altered its recommendations on the timing of the second dose -- that second doses of the Moderna and Pfizer vaccines can be given up to six weeks after the first. This is good news for many of us. For example, I have a difficult surgical procedure coming up ap. three weeks after my first dose, and, under the circumstances, will be grateful to postpose the second dose for another two weeks, giving my body more recovery time.