First meet with the Medical Oncologist
Hi everyone so I met with the oncologist yesterday and as a few of you lovely ladies asked me to let you know how I went... The medical oncologist was really nice... He has put me on Femara to start...
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Hi @Spirit-Harmony that's great that you got that meeting done. I'm not sure how you are with medications, but Venlafaxine is an anti-depressant and they are commonly used to treat side effects of menopause. I tried a few but they made me so incredibly ill, so I didn't bother with them. Do you have to have radiation? Bone density is super easy, but will give you a bench mark.
I've always said I had Breast Cancer as once the lump/tumor or mass etc is removed it's gone. Treatment then is preventative. I had radiation and tamoxifen in 2011 and in 2015 at recurrence I had to have chemo and now on Aromasin. Chemo through me into menopause and symptoms have been pretty bad for 2.5yrs but I think you just put up with it lol. Vitamin D is pretty standard that they put you on also, so that's good.
xx
Melinda
I've always said I had Breast Cancer as once the lump/tumor or mass etc is removed it's gone. Treatment then is preventative. I had radiation and tamoxifen in 2011 and in 2015 at recurrence I had to have chemo and now on Aromasin. Chemo through me into menopause and symptoms have been pretty bad for 2.5yrs but I think you just put up with it lol. Vitamin D is pretty standard that they put you on also, so that's good.
xx
Melinda