Stop the bus I want to get off.
This is probably going to sound like a whinge. I've been on exemestane for 4 years and I'm sick of having no energy, intermittent insomnia and dulled emotions, hot flushes, inability to lose any si...
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Hi @MicheleR, I'm just starting my hormone therapy and weigh gain and fatigue is something I'm concerned about. I struggled losing weight before all this started (I'm 51), and I'm wondering if I had water retention from the mirena I had. I lost 3kg in the first couple of weeks of chemo, which started 10 days after my mirena was removed. After than I slowly lost weight during treatment, overall about 6kg, and my weight is now steady, I was eating small portions and lots of veggies during treatment, but I'm eating more normally now and the weight is staying off. The dramatic initial loss I'm thinking was fluid retention. Now I'm worry I'll get that again on the hormone treatment. I'm relatively fit and do a lot of aqua and walking, eat relatively healthy, don't drink much alcohol or sweet stuff. I feel your pain and it's perfectly fine to have a winge about it. It's a long haul and I'm less than a year in and want to scream at the sky sometimes. Hope you find something that works for you.