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Hormone therapy facts?
Hi Trying to find information about hormone therapy. I've had a lumpectomy and 25 radiation treatments. Now been prescribed exemestane. The information handout list of side effects on Enobosarm is fr...
Hi @soooz
Good to hear your active treatment is over - and now about to start hormone therapy.
Don't be afraid of the side effects of the AIs - stay as active as you can as they say that exercise helps mitigate the side effects .....
Some women are very lucky & hardly have any side effects!! Fingers crossed that you are one of them!
However, having said that - there are a lot of us who HAVE had side effects, the majority being major hot flushes & joints aches & pains - particularly in the hands/thumb & feet.
If you have painful side effects within a matter of weeks, after 6 weeks, you can contact your Onc & discuss the possibility of changing to one of the other types of AI
take care & best of luck xx
Good to hear your active treatment is over - and now about to start hormone therapy.
Don't be afraid of the side effects of the AIs - stay as active as you can as they say that exercise helps mitigate the side effects .....
Some women are very lucky & hardly have any side effects!! Fingers crossed that you are one of them!
However, having said that - there are a lot of us who HAVE had side effects, the majority being major hot flushes & joints aches & pains - particularly in the hands/thumb & feet.
If you have painful side effects within a matter of weeks, after 6 weeks, you can contact your Onc & discuss the possibility of changing to one of the other types of AI
take care & best of luck xx