Letrozole and soft tissue injuries
Hi all Been a while since I’ve been on and hoping someone can help. Have been on Letrozole 3 years and this past year seem to be having a few soft tissue injuries not justified by my activities.Fi...
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Hi all. An update on my shoulders and forearms. I decided to arrange X-ray/ ultrasound and is yet another soft tissue injury - Bursitis.
In the past 12 months in addition to my current injury I have had tennis elbow and plantar fasciitis.To my nonmedical brain it seems Letrozole’s stripping the body of estrogen may be causing susceptibility to these issues.
I am hoping my 6 week holiday and 6 weeks back on Letrozole may be enough to resolve this problem or prove that it is the cause .If it is the cause I’ll be talking to my oncologist about an alternative aromatase inhibitor.I accept hormone therapy is the best option to prevent recurrence and will continue but think I might need to be a bit more cautious in my activities.
I am glad my oncologist is on board as I gather aromatase inhibitors being relatively new have not had side effects fully explored and I have seen others on the blog with similar issues.
I am hoping my 6 week holiday and 6 weeks back on Letrozole may be enough to resolve this problem or prove that it is the cause .If it is the cause I’ll be talking to my oncologist about an alternative aromatase inhibitor.I accept hormone therapy is the best option to prevent recurrence and will continue but think I might need to be a bit more cautious in my activities.
I am glad my oncologist is on board as I gather aromatase inhibitors being relatively new have not had side effects fully explored and I have seen others on the blog with similar issues.
I had no issues with Letrozole for the first 2 and half years but last 12 months have been eventful to say the least.
I am hoping to resume physio and leave a steroid injection as last resort. Thus far my issues have been assisted by 2 curcumin tablets daily and arnica cream topically twice daily.
I am hoping to resume physio and leave a steroid injection as last resort. Thus far my issues have been assisted by 2 curcumin tablets daily and arnica cream topically twice daily.