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Aromatase Inhibitors: Did you decide to go on them or not?

Breast Cancer | Last Active: May 12, 2023 | Replies (1190)
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I also hope to make it through to 2.5 - 3 years if I can on anastozole/Armidex. Given the higher percentage of new primary cancer for those of us who already have the BC, it seems very worth the try. So even if our current BC has been "cured" by surgery and radiation, which for most of us who are early stage it has, the estrogen blocker will lower the risk of a new unrelated occurrence. What AI are you on, and what does your oncologist say about taking half the dose--every other day or splitting? Does it relieve the SEs at all?

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klarsonopenfields1 | @klarsonopenfields1 | Mar 31, 2022

I started with Arimidex before surgery. No complications. Physician prescribed a drug for muscle spasms after surgery and I had huge SE. Moved to Letrozole. Could not stand, so dizzy. Looking back I felt so out of it. My husband travels all week, kids are at university so I just stumbled around trying to work from home. Going back to Arimidex every other day. The oncologist recommended it. Seeking out hormone and glucose blocking using other methods with a DO who specializes in cancer. Maybe Traditional Chinese Medicine too.
Hope that helps. Best to you.

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