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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...
Thanks @kezmusc. And happy birthday! I hope you had an enjoyable celebration
Re the Letrozole side effects, I can't credit it. My luck is just shocking. I had hoped so much that I would get off lightly. Not to be. I must have done something horrendous in a previous life! It was a struggle making the kids lunches this morning my hands were so stiff. And tonight I was at my godfather's 80th and in a room full of senior citizens I was the slowest out of the chair for the toast because of the pain and stiffness in my coccyx. I'm very self-conscious about it.
The list of side effects for Letrozole is a long one. I counted them, it's 60. I certainly don't have all of them. But I have enough and I don't want more.
I loathe the worst of hot flushes. The nausea, the sweat, the needle pricks that now extend from my fingers to past my elbows. Not to mention the heat. Dress in layers my arse...
Thanks for your thoughts lovey. I hope it all eases up soon. K xox
Re the Letrozole side effects, I can't credit it. My luck is just shocking. I had hoped so much that I would get off lightly. Not to be. I must have done something horrendous in a previous life! It was a struggle making the kids lunches this morning my hands were so stiff. And tonight I was at my godfather's 80th and in a room full of senior citizens I was the slowest out of the chair for the toast because of the pain and stiffness in my coccyx. I'm very self-conscious about it.
The list of side effects for Letrozole is a long one. I counted them, it's 60. I certainly don't have all of them. But I have enough and I don't want more.
I loathe the worst of hot flushes. The nausea, the sweat, the needle pricks that now extend from my fingers to past my elbows. Not to mention the heat. Dress in layers my arse...
Thanks for your thoughts lovey. I hope it all eases up soon. K xox