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After a break, Letrozole, continued...
Drug holiday over, today I started taking Letrozole again. At night this time. Don't know that it will make any difference but worth a try. If/when (she said optimistically) the side effects return...
I did a lot of diet changes before bc - low fat milk, yoghurt; vegetarian in the household encouraged meat free meals; lots of fish; olive
oli margerine. After discussion with both my surgeon and cardiologist on an overseas study about dairy fat, and their considered views on potential triggers and cumulative effects, I reduced my cheese intake and cut out triple cream Brie! The latter is much more delicious than a lump of lard but probably has about the same nutritional value. Do I miss it? A bit, but not enough to resume consumption. I don't know if this has anything to do with not having aches or hot flushes on AIs (it hasn't done a thing for vaginal atrophy!) - quite possibly nothing at all.
oli margerine. After discussion with both my surgeon and cardiologist on an overseas study about dairy fat, and their considered views on potential triggers and cumulative effects, I reduced my cheese intake and cut out triple cream Brie! The latter is much more delicious than a lump of lard but probably has about the same nutritional value. Do I miss it? A bit, but not enough to resume consumption. I don't know if this has anything to do with not having aches or hot flushes on AIs (it hasn't done a thing for vaginal atrophy!) - quite possibly nothing at all.