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@shortie0650

At age 72 (as of June), I have decided to not take the Anastrozole or the Tamoxifen, and likely not the radiation because I do not want to spend the rest of my time sick and dealing with the serious side effects. Opening up myself to getting osteoporosis is just trading one serious disease (cancer) for another serious disease (osteoporosis) and I don't want to be sickly, in pain and miserable for the rest of my life. I am however, going to try as many of the natural type treatments as I can, including diet, stress management, exercise and naturopathic help. I am looking into the Mistletoe treatments that are used a great deal in Europe, but are not yet approved in America. Some people use it as a stand alone treatment instead of the traditional ones and others use in in addition to their treatments to help manage the side effects. I know that this is not the path that many would take, but for me, at my age, it is a more acceptable way of seeing my life for the time I have left. 🙂

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I'm also not taking any anti-hormone drugs, in part because I'd be trading a 5% chance of recurrence if the genetic testing is valid (and two oncologists I saw think it is) for a 100% likelihood of needing to go on drugs for osteoporosis. I have a few other reasons for not taking an aromatase inhibitor but wanting to avoid a certain osteoporosis threat gets my attention.

But am doing whatever else makes sense that can improve health. I haven't researched the mistletoe stuff and would be interested in reading an update about it if you take it.

Congratulations on figuring out what you want! What is the Mistletoe treatment? I’m living temporarily in Europe.