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I'm a big fan of meta-analyses versus single trials. Along those lines, I found the following...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/87048/

Discussion: Concerned about the side effects of anastrozole

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Apr 26, 2019

My hands hurt too - but it started after about 4 months on it. I bought...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/86814/

Discussion: Concerned about the side effects of anastrozole

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Mar 16, 2019

Not yet, Francine. I've been reluctant to try any other choices because it seems to me,...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/254084/

Discussion: Letrozole: When will I start feeling/seeing side effects?

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Mar 10, 2019

This is how my oncologist explained it. I had a lumpectomy and 21 radiation treatments. She...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/86782/

Discussion: Concerned about the side effects of anastrozole

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Mar 6, 2019

Hi. I don't know what I've been reading, but everything I've read says AI reduces the...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/86768/

Discussion: Concerned about the side effects of anastrozole

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Mar 5, 2019

Also, I was never able to take the AI type drugs or Tamoxifen due to side...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/248670/

Discussion: High risk, NOT from BRCA but from typia, such as ALH, ADH, LCIS

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Feb 22, 2019

Hi, Mat71. To my knowledge, AIs are not what caused your neuropathy. If you had chemo...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/114674/

Discussion: Breast Cancer and Neuropathy

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Sep 24, 2018

I was unable to take aromatase inhibitors such as Letrozole,etc or tamoxifen.. The drugs caused serious...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/211228/

Discussion: Anyone dealing with Atypical Ductal Hyperplasia (ADH)?

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Aug 11, 2018

Here is the list of things I felt I needed to do, buy and schedule before...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/206947/

Discussion: Breast Surgery; any advice to prepare for surgery?

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Aug 4, 2018

Great discussion topic, Maureen. I cross-posted the thread in the other cancer groups too. I'd like...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/196542/

Discussion: Overmedication with cancer and other conditions

Support Group: Head & Neck Cancer

Posted: Apr 17, 2018

I began taking Anastrozole in January 2017. It was 6 weeks before I began to be...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/86418/

Discussion: Concerned about the side effects of anastrozole

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Jun 5, 2017

I developed lymphedema not long after completing radiation. I was referred to lymphedema therapy, had lymphatic...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1162203/

Discussion: Discouraged with lymphedema: How do you cope?

Support Group: Lymphedema

Posted: Oct 24, 2024

In February 2022 I started taking Verzenio, a 150 mg tablet twice a day. I was...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/761029/

Discussion: Deciding whether to go on abemaciclib (brand name Verzenio)

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Oct 14, 2022

I’m a Signatera client. Company is Natera . They Obtain a sample of BC tumor or...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/973133/

Discussion: Signatera Test. Is it truly helpful and worthwhile?

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Dec 1, 2023

I was thinking of reducing it from daily to once a week as well. I just...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1231480/

Discussion: Collagen supplements and Breast Cancer: Is it safe?

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Feb 7 10:28am

My heart goes out to you. Nothing as painful than seeing one’s child ill or suffering....

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1224759/

Discussion: How to cope with my 54-year-old daughter getting Stage 3 breast cancer

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Jan 29 12:57pm

I had a bilateral mastectomy on 11/5 and they did skin sparing surgery so that I...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1261057/

Discussion: Mastectomy and breast reconstruction pros and cons?

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Mar 18 10:35am

Thank you for your response and it is a hard decision! I just met with the...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1246607/

Discussion: Stage 1 lobular breast cancer, anyone no treatment after surgery?

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Feb 27 11:43am

@ladylorelei, I can see why you're confused, scared and mad. It sounds like you have more...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1254381/

Discussion: LCIS - help me make it make sense

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Mar 9 10:23pm

I think that is very smart to value how your heart will do on these drugs,...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1255433/

Discussion: Aromatase Inhibitors and Escalating Blood Pressure

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Mar 11 10:47am

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