Letrozole - Year 2
I'm six weeks into my second year of Letrozole. The good news is my hands have remained better since I took a one month break after six months. They still hurt, both bone and joint pain, especially wi...
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@kmakm
Hi Kate, i have until the end of the month before going back onto letrozole and boy have i enjoyed the break! Looking back at the diary I've kept it took a full month for all areas of my body to have relief and am enjoying our weeks worth of skiing right now. My hands will always be an issue as i found out the full results of the xrays i had done just before going off the drug when i saw my gp last week. My hands and wrists are showing signs of being riddled with arthritis, unfortunately hereditary, but even so i didn't have the pain associated with it before going on the drug. That and mobility has improved significantly during my break...I'm not swearing as much! So I'm hopeful that will not go back to what it was on the drug.
Interesting about the oestrogen sensitivity as i would have been in that category.
As for my osteo, she is a godsend. Having seen her since i dished my shoulder skiing in 2011 she knows my body well. I book an hour every month and she never has a problem filling it!
I have decided to go back on letrozole after chatting with my gp at least until my yearly check up in October. If all is going well then I'll keep on it. If not I'll try anastrozole.
As for the mental side, that takes time, Kate, time and an infinite amount of patience and you've been through a lot. It'll come and will probably creep up on you in stages until one day you'll think, wow, that's stopped happening or I'm not having that dream anymore or I'm not stressing out so much come appointment time. I still mildly stress out come appt time but that's easing. Still can't have a normal blood pressure reading though when seeing my gp! You've gotta laugh...
Hi Kate, i have until the end of the month before going back onto letrozole and boy have i enjoyed the break! Looking back at the diary I've kept it took a full month for all areas of my body to have relief and am enjoying our weeks worth of skiing right now. My hands will always be an issue as i found out the full results of the xrays i had done just before going off the drug when i saw my gp last week. My hands and wrists are showing signs of being riddled with arthritis, unfortunately hereditary, but even so i didn't have the pain associated with it before going on the drug. That and mobility has improved significantly during my break...I'm not swearing as much! So I'm hopeful that will not go back to what it was on the drug.
Interesting about the oestrogen sensitivity as i would have been in that category.
As for my osteo, she is a godsend. Having seen her since i dished my shoulder skiing in 2011 she knows my body well. I book an hour every month and she never has a problem filling it!
I have decided to go back on letrozole after chatting with my gp at least until my yearly check up in October. If all is going well then I'll keep on it. If not I'll try anastrozole.
As for the mental side, that takes time, Kate, time and an infinite amount of patience and you've been through a lot. It'll come and will probably creep up on you in stages until one day you'll think, wow, that's stopped happening or I'm not having that dream anymore or I'm not stressing out so much come appointment time. I still mildly stress out come appt time but that's easing. Still can't have a normal blood pressure reading though when seeing my gp! You've gotta laugh...