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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 am on DIM and oncoplex , I was on tamoxifen for 9 mos and got every horrible side effect so Dr took me off of it 10/13 , I still feel horrible !!! A couple of weeks after my final reconstruction, which is next week , she wants to try Arimidex, she was worried about giving me this one to begin with because of the joint pains it causes & she was worried it would affect my career (massage therapist). I for sure don’t want a recurrence but it’s also about quality of life. I couldn’t imagine 4/12 more years of such horror
I am praying my body tolerates arimidex
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In the past I was on three different kinds of AI. I felt like I was a 100 years old I could barely get out of a chair. So I decided not to take them. I decided I couldn’t go through the next 5 years of my life living with all these aches etc.
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If you exercise, with, say, a walk, continue past 20 minutes. The pain eases and by 45 minutes I feel better. My doc told me she hears this from a lot of patients.