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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@arpie I'm aware of all these symptoms. Before cancer, menopause was approaching and I'd educated myself for what was to come. I was anticipating a natural slide into it, the gradual petering out of my oestrogen, not the hard artificial slam that chemotherapy and AIs have engendered. Surgical and chemotherapy caused menopause is more severe than natural menopause.
Throw in the Big C as well, plus the trauma of my personal case, and I am finding my serve of side effects is sticking in my craw... I haven't had a decent night's sleep since I got the BreastScreen recall letter. So that was 22nd November last year. I wake a minimum of three times a night. That makes everything harder.
It's difficult to know what's cancer treatment related and what's menopause related. They all run into each other. I'm hoping that time will resolve some of them, though it looks like that may only be a few.
Thanks for the book tip, I'll keep an eye out for it. But nothing will convince me that my life now is better than it was before. It's just not. K xox
Throw in the Big C as well, plus the trauma of my personal case, and I am finding my serve of side effects is sticking in my craw... I haven't had a decent night's sleep since I got the BreastScreen recall letter. So that was 22nd November last year. I wake a minimum of three times a night. That makes everything harder.
It's difficult to know what's cancer treatment related and what's menopause related. They all run into each other. I'm hoping that time will resolve some of them, though it looks like that may only be a few.
Thanks for the book tip, I'll keep an eye out for it. But nothing will convince me that my life now is better than it was before. It's just not. K xox