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Mastectomy and breast reconstruction pros and cons?
Breast Cancer | Last Active: Apr 23 12:26am | Replies (228)Comment receiving replies
Please, please go to this conversation and post about this. I sent this link to another lady yesterday and maybe, you talking about it can help her too.
https://connect.mayoclinic.org/discussion/i-completed-all-treatments-for-breast-cancer-but-now-i-am-supposed/
I know that there are late effects from cancer treatments, you might want to mention how long ago you took anastrazole and for how long? Did you have other types of treatment as well?
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have been taking Anastrozole for 21 months. I told my oncologist I was going to stop it. He didn't agree. If I take the Anastrozole for five years I have a 3% chance of cancer coming back in my body. If I only take it two years i have a 6% chance. I am having tremendous joint pain and my arthritis was never an issue before until now. Had a follow up with my gastrointestinal dr. and my stomach lining was badly inflamed which is another side affect. This medication causes trigger finger as well which is painful. Now I have diabetes which I never had before. My blood glucose started changing when I started taking the Anastrozole. My oncologist said nothing about it, he doesn't treat diabetes and they don't associate this drug with diabetes. I found on the Mayo clinic website that women over 60 have a high chance of getting type 2 diabetes.
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I was on anastrazole @ 3/4 of a year. Did anybody else get trigger fingers from anastrazole?