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Concerned about the side effects of anastrozole
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@samy,- Samy, I definitely understand your indecision and hesitation about taking an AI drug. You are only 69, though, and to me, that's YOUNG! I'm nearly 75. I have a husband, daughter, son-in-law, and two beautiful young grandchildren. I tutor children during the week. I don't want to take the chance of having a recurring bout of cancer that could possibly take my life away. I've been on Arimidex for 15 months and I have good days and not so good days with the side effects. It seems from this forum that most of the AIs have similar side effects. I guess we all have to decide how we're going to tackle this and I hope some day, a better medicine will be discovered. For now, though, I have to choose staying on the ones that are now available to us. I truly do understand your quandary, though. I hope you stay with this forum, though. It is a comfort!
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Thanks for the response. Family isn’t a real motivation for me, beyond my husband. Never had kids, everybody else distant, leading their own lives. Mine is a pretty quiet life of writing and this all seems like the life of character, not mine. A nightmare plot or sci-fi. The bad-guy wants to poison character with something that’s supposed to be good for her and she doesn’t know what to do. Cancer will kill her - maybe - not really sure when, but these pills will likely make her miserable for the rest of her life. What does she decide. The plot thickens and the writer wants to scream. Stupid ramble, but whatever ….