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Summer_Prevails
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8 years ago

Ditching the 5-year sentence of hormonal therapy?

Hello everyone, I am currently doing my second attempt at hormonal therapy drugs, and I hate it; no surprises there. I do all the things...take all the advice, all the stuff that is meant to make H...
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lrb_03
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8 years ago
I'm sure the stories are out there. 
You do ask a great question. I'm on my 2nd AI, after approx 2&1/4 years. My oncologist is talking about changing me to Tamoxifen due to the side effects I have, but for all those, I'd rather stay with what I know, now than go to the risks associated with Tamoxifen.  After all, I'm nearly halfway, and my med onc isn't talking about extending it beyond 5 years