Early Days on Letrozole
So, I started taking Letrozole on the 1/6/18. My oncologist says I have to be on it for 10 years as several ongoing studies are indicating cancer preventing benefits beyond the seven year mark. It...
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Hey @kmakm ,
I've just been catching up with some of your posts. Had a huge weekend (my birthday) and two days of training at work. Yuk!
Sorry your copping a lot of the side effects. It is incredibly depressing and I completely understand how you feel. There are only two choices I guess and that's the sucky thing. Rock, hard place and a whole lot of confusion about what to do. The thought of staying in this hazy cloud of limbo for so long is not particularly appealing and really plays mind games with you.
The list of possible side effects for most of these drugs is not extensive and the how to manage them is pretty basic. "Just remember dear, if you have hot flushes dress in layers" OMG.
I have yet to see anything that says hot flushes may make you dizzy, light headed, throw up, cry and sweat like a pig all at the same time. Think that one got left out!
A lot of the research studies are old or very small and information is quite conflicting sometimes. They take ages to plow through and by the end of it you realise it wasn't worth your time reading. And you probably have forgotten what it said LOL.
Regarding the drop out rate of people taking HT I have heard a lot of these stats come from the pharmacy reporting as to the amount of scripts filled/unfilled. Not very reliable I guess as people could change meds, just put up with it etc etc. I had a chat with the BC nurses about this not too long ago. The reckoned it was more like 50/50 from what they see.
I have found the only thing that knocks the pain a bit is ibuprofen (and we don't want to be taking heaps of that) and it only lasts a couple of hours.
Mersyndol is still my go to when it's bad at night. Helps with the sleep as well. Can't take that every day either grr.
Hoping you start feeling better in the not too distant future.
xoxoxoxo
I've just been catching up with some of your posts. Had a huge weekend (my birthday) and two days of training at work. Yuk!
Sorry your copping a lot of the side effects. It is incredibly depressing and I completely understand how you feel. There are only two choices I guess and that's the sucky thing. Rock, hard place and a whole lot of confusion about what to do. The thought of staying in this hazy cloud of limbo for so long is not particularly appealing and really plays mind games with you.
The list of possible side effects for most of these drugs is not extensive and the how to manage them is pretty basic. "Just remember dear, if you have hot flushes dress in layers" OMG.
I have yet to see anything that says hot flushes may make you dizzy, light headed, throw up, cry and sweat like a pig all at the same time. Think that one got left out!
A lot of the research studies are old or very small and information is quite conflicting sometimes. They take ages to plow through and by the end of it you realise it wasn't worth your time reading. And you probably have forgotten what it said LOL.
Regarding the drop out rate of people taking HT I have heard a lot of these stats come from the pharmacy reporting as to the amount of scripts filled/unfilled. Not very reliable I guess as people could change meds, just put up with it etc etc. I had a chat with the BC nurses about this not too long ago. The reckoned it was more like 50/50 from what they see.
I have found the only thing that knocks the pain a bit is ibuprofen (and we don't want to be taking heaps of that) and it only lasts a couple of hours.
Mersyndol is still my go to when it's bad at night. Helps with the sleep as well. Can't take that every day either grr.
Hoping you start feeling better in the not too distant future.
xoxoxoxo