Is anyone taking Zoladex injection and Letrozole tablet?

Oh Lin Lin my heart goes out to you as you grapple with your diagnosis and treatment plan. Do you have a breast care nurse?

I think you are comparing all of us against yourself and getting very confused. We all have the same diagnosis however our treatment plans are unique.  We all present differently during our treatment, readings can vary.

Wishing you all the best and hopefully the treatment will shrink the tumours. 

Take care xx

hi wendy h 67,

How come the chemo can't kill the cancer? Too mild or low dosage? Why can't they give you more to help kill the tumar? Since you are taking chemo, you get all those chemo side effect anyway.
What is your tumor size and tumor market score now?

hi iserbrown,

Do you mean 4 more Zoladex then stop? Your oncologist allow you to stop? My oncologist told me that I can never stop it until it doesn't work anymore.
What is your tumor marker score now (below 38?). Mine is 665 at the moment, is this very high?
I got total of 7 tumors on both side and left under arm, the biggest one is 4.5cm on left side, the rest are on 1cm.
How are your tumors? All gone now or what is the size?
Hope you have a good results in your next monitoring.

@LinLin I am HER2-. My February scans were all good, showed bone healing not activity. My tumor markers were on the rise so my treatment has changed from hormonal therapy to oral chemo for now. There is no cure for metastatic cancer, its treatable but not curable.

Hi Lin Lin

My tumour markers are very very good at present!  I am still on the Zoladex injections, 4 to go!  I am monitored regular and the next monitoring is due April and June and I will know the effects or results then.
Take care xx

Hi LinLin, I have got through 5 years but my cancer is not cured but is kept stable (no new cancer growth ) . This is because of the different treatments I have been on . At the moment I am on I.V chemo.this is helping to keep my cancer stable and my tumour markers to come down. There are alot of different treatments available which your oncologist will work out which is best for you.  My oncologist tells me to write down any questions I think of or dont understand on a piece of paper so I can ask her at my next visit. I think this is a good idea as sometimes we get anxious when visiting the doctor and forget to ask about thing we need to know . Wishing you all the best.

hi Wendy H 67,

You had gone through this 5 years ago, so you are fully cured? how long did you take to get it cure? Are you still taking Aromison or any treatment now?

hi isebrown,

What is your situation now? Is the tumor gone or still remain ther?
What is your tumor marker level now after the 2 years+ Zoladex injection and tablet.
How long did it take before you get the response from this treatment?

hi Cate64,

Are you HER2+? Mine is HER2-, maybe that's why my oncologist get me the hormonal therapy instead of Chemo.
how is your situation now? Cancer cells reduced or gone yet? What is your tumor market level?

Hi LinLin sorry you have joined our group but hopefully we will be able to give you some suppoort along the way. I have stage 4 breast cancer with spread in numerous bones. I was diagnosed 5yrs ago and have had a few different treatments in that time. I have never been on Letrozole but was on a hormone drug called Aromison which worked quite well for me for quite some time. I have not been on zoladex injections either. Everyones treatment plan is different but at least there are many treatments available to keep our cancer stable and be able to get on with , and enjoy life. Hopefully you will find some help and support from the girls in this group