Hi from Hazel M
Hi everyone, hope everybody is doing as well as can be expected. It's been quite some time since I have checked in on the website. Couldn't really handle the new site very well. My last post was terr...
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Hey Hazel,
So good to hear from you. I often wonder how you are going. Great to hear that your partner is doing well and that your relationship is strong. It is a challenge for any relationship when one or both of you are faced with serious health issues.
I hear you about the effects of hormone therapy. I was fortunate to have almost 2 years on Tamoxifen. My quality of life on that drug was pretty good. Last year in July they decided it would be best for me to have my ovaries removed and change to Femara. This drug has been a lot harder to live with!
Like you it has affected my bone density and my doctors wanted me to go onto the Prolia injections. I really want to avoid this and yet another set of side effects to deal with but I also don't want to have worsening osteoporosis. It really knocked me down and I became very stressed and anxious about my future.
For now, I am trying diet and exercise with the professional advice and supervision of a dietician and exercise physiologist. I am really hoping that this will work for me.
The best I have felt in the last 12 months was a three week period in April/May this year. With my oncologists advice/permission I went off Femara so that I could take part in a trek to Everest Base Camp. The good news was that those 'feeling like an 80 year old' aches and pains vanished almost immediately!! For three weeks my 50 year old body managed to keep up with a couple of 20 something young men as we trekked all the way to Base Camp and back.
When I feel anxious about the future that is the knowledge that keeps me going! One day (yes it might be 7 more years on this drug for me) I will get off this drug and hopefully feel better and remain cancer free. Until then I just keep doing all that I can to make life ok for now.
At least we can help each other to keep going forwards on here. It does help simple to just know that you are definitely not alone with the effects and challenges of hormone treatment!! Take care and so wonderful to hear from you.
Deanne xxx