Hormone blocking therapy
Hi, Recently diagnosed with breast cancer resulting in a masectomy last week. Will find out what type of treatment next week. Know x3 people who had the same and was prescribed hormone blocking ther...
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@Julie_D60
I agree with @June1952, it’s human nature to spread the bad news, but not everyone gets terrible side effects. I am in year 10 of Letrozole now, stop next May (hooray!) and while I have side effects, they are manageable. I have never had any joint pain or aches, hot flushes or anything of that sort. It’s worth getting a bone density scan before you start, if your bone density is not good to start with, that’s definitely something to take into account. Otherwise, give it a try, you can always stop. Best wishes.
I agree with @June1952, it’s human nature to spread the bad news, but not everyone gets terrible side effects. I am in year 10 of Letrozole now, stop next May (hooray!) and while I have side effects, they are manageable. I have never had any joint pain or aches, hot flushes or anything of that sort. It’s worth getting a bone density scan before you start, if your bone density is not good to start with, that’s definitely something to take into account. Otherwise, give it a try, you can always stop. Best wishes.