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Letrazole what's it like to take?
Hi everyone - I've been looking at my box of Femara (letrazole) for the past 3 weeks. I had a bone density scan a week ago and I have osteopenia which I'm dealing with by doing weight-bearing exercis...
I’m on another AI and at the encouragement of my oncologist take Vitamin D, calcium, magnesium, vitamin E, a hair/skin/nails supplement and am rigid about weight bearing exercise 5 days a week - a weights program at my gym. I’ve just had a bloods check and everything looks great. I was lucky to have good bone density before I started which we’ll check each year as I want to make sure I’m protecting that.
While I don’t love taking handfuls of supplements I do love knowing I’m doing my best to protect my health.
Trusting your oncologist is super important. If you feel like yours is fobbing you off and you don’t feel safe consider finding another. You’re starting a long journey with them so feeling like you can trust what they’re telling you is critical
Best of luck.
Absolutely Minka - having a good relationship with your Onc is paramount. My first Onc was useless - and was very dismissive of anything I said about side effects - I changed Oncs, she listened, I changed AIs twice & the the 3rd one was the one that suited me - I was on it for over 6 years. ;)
Erika888 How are you going? Have you started yet? Give it a few months, at least to see how you go! Ask your Onc about 'starting slowly' - taking one every other day, at the start? Not everyone gets side effects and I hope that you are one of the lucky ones!! But if you do - ask your onc about switching to one of the other 3-4! The only one I ended up NOT trying, was Tamoxifen!