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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 don't remember hearing about any of these tests. I suspect that was because I had no choice in any of the treatments I've had -- by that I mean things were so advanced I had to throw everything at it that I could. My blood pressure is creeping up on AI -- but still, I will continue to take them, or anything else to hold this mess at bay, and keep one foot in the door at a cancer research hospital, hoping I can run the table by the time the AI runs its course for the accepted standard of care. I have been so fortunate thus far.

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songsparrow | @songsparrow | Feb 9, 2023

I'm so sorry you have to go through this. My aunt was diagnosed in her 30s with triple negative, which she bravely fought for 15 years. Thinking about her and reading stories like yours makes me feel guilty about my own complaints, which seem trivial in comparison.

I have just been really angry this entire week. I'm trying not to be, but I can't help it. And every time I read a study on deleterious effects of estrogen deprivation I get even more angry or cry or both. I feel like a statistic and not a person. I'm trying really hard to be calm before my oncologist appointment tomorrow. He's a nice person, and he doesn't deserve my outrage.

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