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Dear @CeeCee, you must especially miss your mum at a time when you need her most. I would love to be able to have a hug from my lovely mum and let her shoulder my worries for a little while. I just try to remember her placid, gentle ways and imagine what she would say to me. It seems to help a bit. Sending you best wishes for strength at a very challenging time.9Views0likes0CommentsRe: Endocrine therapy compared to menopause
Hi @Clancy. I should finish my course of radiation therapy next week and will start Letrozole a couple of weeks after that. I’ll certainly post once I have some feedback on how I tolerate Letrozole. You mention that you are probably perimenopausal and my understanding is that women who haven’t been through menopause are normally put, as you say, on tamoxifen. I don’t know whether the effects of tamoxifen/ aromatase inhibitors are more profound on pre-menopausal ladies because they still have a greater supply of estrogen than post-menopausal ladies. I wonder whether @arpie or @Afraser, who are such fonts of knowledge on this forum, have any insights?32Views1like0CommentsRe: Endocrine therapy compared to menopause
This is a remarkable community to which I am truly grateful to have access. Thank you to @Afraser, @arpie, @cactusk, and @tri for your insights. I’ll update you on my experience when I start the medication in 2 or 3 weeks. It’s all one big lottery.36Views0likes0CommentsEndocrine therapy compared to menopause
Hello, this is a question for those ladies who went through menopause before starting on tamoxifen or an aromotase inhibitor. I would be interested to hear if you found your endocrine medication-induced side effects were similar to or worse than those you experienced while undergoing menopause. I am soon to start a 3 week course of radiation and expect to also start endocrine therapy thereafter, but I do not yet know which medication I will be taking. I didn’t experience hot flashes when I went through menopause but I did get joint pain. There may not be any correlation between one’s experience of “real” menopause and endocrine therapy-induced side effects but the subject intrigues me. For now, that is. When the brain fog descends in the next few weeks I’ll doubtless forget all about it 😉251Views0likes10CommentsRe: The “journey” begins.
Thanks @MrsMorrisey for your speedy reply. Silly me, I thought that you’d opted for the for Oncotype test. At the end of the day, the reality is that we have to grapple with our individual percentages and projections and I’m so glad you’ve reached the decision that is right for you. Very best wishes for your radiation treatment in May and thank you for your feedback.21Views0likes0CommentsRe: The “journey” begins.
Hello @MrsMorrisey. I’m a bit similar to you in having Stage 2 IDC with no node involvement, thankfully.I had the original lumpectomy followed by 2 re-excisions in the space of 3 weeks, because what was thought to be a 8mm mass turned out to be more like 16mm and was rather poetically described after the first re-excision as being in “a dust cloud of DCIS”. Because the tumour was a mite greater than 15mm, the option of chemo (in addition to rads and tabs) was laid on the table. Like you, I’ve opted to do the Oncotype testing and probably have at least another two weeks wait for results. My natural instinct was to adopt a scorched earth approach and have chemo - my tendency is to always choose the hard road - but I am trying to be very deliberate in considering the risks/benefits of chemo. Would you mind me asking you if you found that the Oncotype results helped your decision making?8Views0likes0Comments
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