Hormone therapy, it will be ok. :)
I have done 2 years of Tamoxifen and I lasted 3 months of Letrozole. In all that time I have been unable to work and have been too lethargic to do much at all. Yes I was one of the few who had pret...
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It's worth taking the break to get an idea of what is achievable when it comes to 'normal'. Mentally, that was a big thing for me. I needed to know what misery I could attribute to the AI and what was a consequence of dragging myself through another round of treatment, ditching my ovaries and just getting older.
Now I know that if I stop taking them there will be an improvement in my general well-being except, of course, my chance of having another episode increases. So,the deal with myself is that I will tolerate the side effects for as long as I can. There is a way out if it all gets too much which is a strange comfort, but comfort none the less. I have found Exemestane to be less of a problem than the other two, but it wasn't my oncologists first choice and I'm not pleased about my new, distinctly middle aged waistline.
Now I know that if I stop taking them there will be an improvement in my general well-being except, of course, my chance of having another episode increases. So,the deal with myself is that I will tolerate the side effects for as long as I can. There is a way out if it all gets too much which is a strange comfort, but comfort none the less. I have found Exemestane to be less of a problem than the other two, but it wasn't my oncologists first choice and I'm not pleased about my new, distinctly middle aged waistline.