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Rdc2022
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2 years ago

Not take any hormone therapy medication…

I’ve just had a six week medication holiday as suggested by my oncologist as Anastrozole wasn’t agreeing with me; it was affecting my mood and mobility. I often felt stiff and achy and lots of other things. 
Anyway, I wrote her a long email explaining how I felt off the medication and what I hoped for going forward in terms of quality of life…. 
I ought to stress that I had stage one breast cancer with no spread to lymph nodes and the cells were grade one: my onc says my risk of the cancer returning is very low. 
She has suggested that I now go on Taximofen but she also gave me the option of not taking any medication at all. 
I’d love to know whether this is now becoming more commonplace and whether anyone has been brave enough to go ahead with this? 
She always says « we recommend », so I presume this is peer reviewed? I didn’t have time unfortunately to ask her for stats or studies backing this approach…
I will take the medication because I’d rather play it safe (I  was only diagnosed in early 2022) but I must admit I will be keeping her other option at the back of my mind (she also said we could reduce the dosage after another review). 
We are all different I know and I am aware this is a general forum, but I’m intrigued to know if anyone has been given the option of not taking hormone therapy medication and has done so. 

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