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Artferret
7 years agoMember
@arpie i didn't need chemo, was post menopausal when i went on letrozole in Nov 2017. My libido was good up until bc in mid 2017 and was still ok till round December last year which is about the time the joint pain in my hands ramped up and a few other places in my body have got stiffer as well. I'm at the gym 3-4 times a week, plus i have a regular session with my osteo who is horrified at the state of my right hand, swollen and sore. It doesn't stop me from doing what what i want to do i just modify the way i do it...use it or lose it is my motto, plus I'm a stubborn git! It also doesn't help libido wise having a hubby who no longer has a prostate due to cancer and as a result can't get it up. The erectile drugs can be hit and miss. It's improving but it's going to be a long slow process. We still have a healthy sex life it's just not the same anymore which frustrates me from time to time so maybe that part in my brain hasn't resolved that yet and therefore is affecting my libido as well as the drug. Oestrogen seems to have its finger in a lot of pies in our body and when you don't have much anymore...
As for weight gain...not happening...prob due to the low cholesterol diet I'm on and the exercise i do. Exemestane is a steroid based drug which would explain the weight gain.
No problems with my teeth either.
As for weight gain...not happening...prob due to the low cholesterol diet I'm on and the exercise i do. Exemestane is a steroid based drug which would explain the weight gain.
No problems with my teeth either.