Hormone therapy struggling in 4th year
Ive been taking Aromasin for just over 4 years along with medication to help me sleep and for depression and magnified anxiety. I have back ache, stiff joints, hot flushes and struggle to think strai...
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@Silvergirl the AI thing is a real lottery. I could not tolerate Letrazole and ditched it after about 9 months. I felt like shit all the time. So, I switched to Aromasin. No good either. My last option was Exemestane, so I gave that a shot. I can't say I'm pleased, but I feel less desperate and my onc is happy that 4 years after starting the wretched things, I'm still swallowing one of them.
It's really possible that what I was suffering in the early days was some pretty nasty long term effects from my last round of treatment; which might explain how I found the drugs I've ended up taking more tolerable--could just be time.
Having had one recurrence, I'm pretty motivated to avoid another and these foul pills give me the best chance of doing that. It's not ideal, and I wish that I could spend a couple of months feeling 'normal' but I think the damage is probably done now.
By the time I'm your age, I'll have done my ten years. I shudder to think what sort of condition I'll be in by then, but hopefully I'll still be around to find out. MXX
It's really possible that what I was suffering in the early days was some pretty nasty long term effects from my last round of treatment; which might explain how I found the drugs I've ended up taking more tolerable--could just be time.
Having had one recurrence, I'm pretty motivated to avoid another and these foul pills give me the best chance of doing that. It's not ideal, and I wish that I could spend a couple of months feeling 'normal' but I think the damage is probably done now.
By the time I'm your age, I'll have done my ten years. I shudder to think what sort of condition I'll be in by then, but hopefully I'll still be around to find out. MXX