@marcia115 many of the women I know, myself included, did not have significant side effects with these meds. I found that walking more than 20 minutes helped. I did 5 years and wanted to do 7 but a test then showed no further benefit. I actually miss it!

I personally think it makes sense to try it since the experience seems to vary so much from person to person.

I’m on month 9 of Anastrozole and I do not experience any intolerable side effects. I have Mild joint pain eased by stretching and walking.

If you have hormone positive breast cancer and your oncologist recommends anti hormone treatment why not give it a try before rejecting it outright? You may not experience any unwanted effects.

Do you know what your recurrence risk is? If it's very low, your oncologist might be open to your skipping the anti-hormone drugs. I don't know if you had any genomic testing done but some of the tests, e.g., the Oncotype DX, yield a recurrence risk score based on the cancer tissue submitted to the company. Knowing your risk number can be very helpful. I tried anastrozole and did not tolerate it at all but have a low risk of recurrence so discontinued the drug.