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I am getting off Anastrozole at the end of this month - August 2020. Been on...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/209447/

Discussion: Completed 5 years of anastrozole. Withdrawal symptoms? Side effects?

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Aug 27, 2020

My doctor wanted me to take anastrozole for preventive treatment. For every side effect I asked...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/219959/

Discussion: Aromatase Inhibitors: Did you decide to go on them or not?

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Aug 17, 2020

Hi. Had stage 2 invasive lobular breast cancer. Mastectomy in December. Pathology read more like stage...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/319251/

Discussion: Anastrozole: Is it worth it?

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Aug 13, 2020

invasive ductal carcinoma left breast stage 2, grade 1. Surgeon concerned about right breast and thought...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/252863/

Discussion: Invasive ductal carcinoma (IDC): Anyone else?

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Aug 7, 2020

Best of luck on the Exemestane! I started on Anastrozole, and it gave me some pretty...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/219933/

Discussion: Aromatase Inhibitors: Did you decide to go on them or not?

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Jun 20, 2020

@katrina123 If I recall correctly, I began noticing side effects perhaps three? weeks after I began...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/313281/

Discussion: Aromatase Inhibitors and ocular migraines

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Jun 16, 2020

Hi @katrina123 and welcome to Mayo Clinic Connect. I have also added your post to the...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/313276/

Discussion: Aromatase Inhibitors and ocular migraines

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Jun 13, 2020

I found your description of walking like drunken sailors or tale from the crypt so hilarious!...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1043944/

Discussion: Foot pain with Anastrozole?

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Apr 1, 2024

Well i’m with you! I never experienced fior pain or heal pain and i’ve been now...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1043821/

Discussion: Foot pain with Anastrozole?

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Apr 1, 2024

LCIS in left breast about six years ago, and fine on that side with alternating MRI...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1400588/

Discussion: I have LCIS, anyone else?

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Sep 24, 2025

I started Anastrazole approx 1 week after radiation ended. I am now in my 4th month....

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/910522/

Discussion: If you had radiation, when did you start hormone therapy?

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Aug 10, 2023

I had ever increasing side effects from anastrozole. At 18 to 20 months, I was switched...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1467994/

Discussion: Anyone take Anastrozole every other day?

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Dec 26, 2025

Hello, I am 60 and have ILC stage 3 with lymph node involvement (22 out of...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1397329/

Discussion: Lobular Breast Cancer: Let's share and support each other

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Sep 20, 2025

Was looking forward to the day I finished anastrozole treatment after five years. I struggled through...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1457509/

Discussion: Recovery time after Anastrozole/aromatase inhibitors

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Dec 10, 2025

I had very little side effects with anastrazole. Very warm and losing hair gradually Not terrible....

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/879100/

Discussion: Anyone on an aromatase inhibitor dealing with anxiety, cry easily?

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Jun 15, 2023

Thank you Laurie! I’ve found several things that cause me to have brain fog on my...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/285369/

Discussion: Cancer Related Brain Fog: How do you cope with it?

Support Group: Cancer: Managing Symptoms

Posted: Dec 4, 2019

If you go on the website for oncodx, it will give you what your results mean....

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1072182/

Discussion: What happens when you stop taking anastrozole?

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: May 21, 2024

I started anastrozole in November. The pain has been so bad. I have trigger thumb and...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1068812/

Discussion: Side effects of exemestane (Aromasin)

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: May 16, 2024

You are doing better than myself. I took one and a half year Anastrosole and I...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1063236/

Discussion: Symptom of "sick" looking eyes

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: May 6, 2024

I’ve only been off the Anastrazole one week. Oncologist told me anywhere from 2-8 weeks for...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1060241/

Discussion: Hair Loss Remedies for Thinning Hair on aromatase inhibitors?

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: May 1, 2024

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