Hi Tania. I am six weeks into taking the AI Letrozole. I have had a handful of side effects but none that I would classify as life ruining at this stage. I am having constant ankle pain which is wearing and annoying. It varies with severity and as yet I've been unable to work out if there's a reason for that or not. I'm conducting my personal case study on whether supplements help. But mostly I'm just hoping that I'll be one of the people for whom the side effects settle down at the six month mark.
Don't Dr Google if you can help it, no good will come of it! Take some deep breaths and remember we're all different and all react differently to the same drugs. You can always take 'holidays' from them, or try different varieties. I went to a Reclaim Your Curves lunch yesterday and the group of 10 women there swapped war stories. Well half the women there were on Letrozole. Some had no problems, some had a few and only one woman had had to stop taking it. She's now on something else which is giving her no problems at all!
I've thrown the kitchen sink at my BC and I'm not stopping now! I'm going to grit my teeth and keep going for the time being. Remember the pulse is the thing. You must do what's right for you but try not to cross bridges until you come to them. Stay in touch and let us know how you get on. Big hug, K xox
