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Anastazole for breast cancer and memory loss?
Breast Cancer | Last Active: Aug 15, 2023 | Replies (66)Comment receiving replies
Hi. I have been on Anastrozole fir nearly 2 years now. I do find I’m a bit more forgetful but it’s tge pain in my back when I’m walking that’s affecting me tge most. Painkillers are not working and last Saturday I was out on an immediate release morphine tablet. I had a bad reaction to it Sunday morning so
I’m off that now. I’m thinking very strongly of giving up the Anastrozole completely. I’m 71and b4 cancer I used to walk 20-30 kilometres a week. Now I’m luckily to walk to bus stop. Can anyone help please?
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I took anastrazole for 6 weeks. It made me not feel well, always very tired, and a puffy bloated feeling in the morning. My doc had me try Exemestane. OMG! I’ve been on it for 9 days and I feel better than ever. I’m 67, have arthritis and for the last 30 years would get very tired after exercise, so did not overdo it or I’d sleep for 3 days. Yesterday I both lifted weights and did cardio, and no nap needed. No extra joint pain yet. This seems too good to be true, so the effects may change. But you might want to try it.
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I TOTALLY understand what you are experiencing. I have gone back and forth like a drunken ant and finally made what I call my Sophie’s Choice decision. Anastrozole did not offer me a quality of life that I could move forward with and experience. Prescribers challenged my thinking - I had a hiatus for 2 weeks and I am currently on a 3 month hiatus. Some side effects have ebbed considerably and others such as joint and specifically knees seems more challenging. If I had researched this drug in more detail I believe I would never have taken it. But no one other than the person taking it and experiencing these side effects can possibly realize where we are at this moment - not even myself to begin with. I have now researched how long I should have to deal with side effects once I have stopped taking Anastrozole. It seems that joint and muscle issues can take months. I just worry that while Anastrozole might block estrogen/hormones re Breast Cancer, it’s deprivation of hormones/estrogen in other areas that are deprived of estrogen/hormones aka arthritis in knees, back etc might invite issues. .
I have always been diligent my entire adult life in getting mammos. I of course will continue that diligence. I have an appointment today with a physical therapy group. I have a follow up manmo in September. I will continue to follow all new and exciting efforts to help me keep moving on in the OVERALL both mental and physical way possible. We are women who deserve to carry on through our earned definition of what quality of life means to us. Ever onward!!