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Thank you for the information. It's good to hear your experience. You are the first person...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/960930/

Discussion: Advice on Exemestane

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Nov 8, 2023

Hello...I am scheduled to start chemo at the end of November...but today, I was reading online...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/960726/

Discussion: Question related to hair loss: What to expect as it falls out?

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Nov 7, 2023

my hair loss condition started with an increasingly stressful events. I have been shouldering for sometime...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1233339/

Discussion: Any problems with taking Minoxidol and metastatic BC to vertabrae?

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Feb 9 10:16pm

No hair "loss" but some thinning which I think comes with my age. I got a...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/86545/

Discussion: Concerned about the side effects of anastrozole

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Jun 25, 2018

My experience after five years had few side effects. I had hair loss mildly. My internal...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/963013/

Discussion: Anastrozole experience: Any tips for managing side effects?

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Nov 11, 2023

Had to go off Anestrozol - achy joints, weakness, diarrhea - HAIR LOSS, developed trigger fingers...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/666177/

Discussion: Concerned about the side effects of anastrozole

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Dec 29, 2021

I did anastrazole for five years. Nothing terrible for me. Some hair loss. Diahrea but that...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1014142/

Discussion: DCIS breast cancer?

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Feb 12, 2024

I start my second round of chemo and keytruda 8/24 . I’m now experiencing hair loss,...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/916344/

Discussion: Triple Negative Breast Cancer: What treatments are you having?

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Aug 21, 2023

That is what I am hoping is happening to mine. I started on Letrozole on March...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/877454/

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

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Jun 12, 2023

Did you have any luck with your hair and nails since taking Biotin? Just finished Anastrozole...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/326748/

Discussion: Biotin, Hair loss, Thyroid and Multivitamins

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Jan 24, 2021

I’m so sorry!! Thank you for catching that. I got Tamoxifen confused with Taxotere - it’s...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1123778/

Discussion: Starting on targeted breast cancer meds.

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Aug 14, 2024

This is an informative discussion! Thank you for starting it! While i do not have breast...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/623016/

Discussion: Wigs: Prepping for hair loss due to chemo: Where to start?

Support Group: Cancer: Managing Symptoms

Posted: Aug 3, 2021

Mild joint pain, sleeplessness at times , some hair loss but I don’t think more than...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1167737/

Discussion: Anyone experienced dizziness or optical changes with exemastane

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Nov 4, 2024

I agree with corcoranjf. Anyway, most people do not like their hair in the first place...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/775951/

Discussion: Anyone used anything that helps with chemo hair loss?

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Nov 21, 2022

I had no side effects on Anastrozole for the first year. Then I got dry eye...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/961961/

Discussion: Concerned about the side effects of anastrozole

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Nov 10, 2023

I did not have Chemo but I have been on Anastrozole for over a year and...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1231745/

Discussion: Comfy hats for hair loss - Suggestions?

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Feb 7 4:13pm

Hi,I didn't think much about hair loss when I had my chemo, even though I ammale....

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/102068/

Discussion: Talking about hair loss with children

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: May 12, 2016

The hair was slow in coming back after chemo but sadly during taking Aromisin (an AI)...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/827929/

Discussion: Anyone used anything that helps with chemo hair loss?

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Mar 18, 2023

Hello @sloggingthru geez I am sorry to hear about the hair loss. I remember feeling like...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1317809/

Discussion: Anyone have permanent hair loss due to chemo + AI + older age?

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Jun 1 9:32am

I also had a problem with thinning hair while taking anastrozole. I’ve read numerous articles which...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1061683/

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

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: May 3, 2024