My beautiful daughter has just been diagnosed with mets to the lungs and ribs. I'm so very scared for her. The doctor has started her on Femara to slow/reduce the tumors. Anyone out there have luck with Femara?
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Nanalinda Joined: Jan 2009 Posts: 341 |
Jun 30, 2009 02:57 pm
Nanalinda wrote:
I have not been on Femara; my BC is triple negative so that is a drug that would not help me. I am sure someone will post soon who has been on this drug. I just wanted to post how very sorry I am that your daughter has gotten this dreadful disease and to start out with mets is heartbreaking. I have two daughters my self and I pray every day that they don't develop BC. You will see on these boards that there are many women with mets who have been around for a long time. She is fortunate to have Femara as an option to help her with her fight. I wish you and your daughter the best of luck and hope the Femara kicks butt!!! Linda Dx 7/26/2006, IDC, 3cm, Stage IV, Grade 3, 0/1 nodes, mets, ER-/PR-, HER2- |
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JO-5 Joined: Oct 2008 Posts: 1,891 |
Jun 30, 2009 03:16 pm
JO-5 wrote:
I was on Arimidex myself for 5 years but not with mets. There is a lady named Pam on the thread for Older Ladies w/ breast cancer..... that has had wonderful success with Arimidex shrinking a tumor. Arimidex and Femara are similar. JO JO - Lumpectomy w/ clear margins- 36rads w/boosts - cellulitis 3x - mild arm LE - Breast LE w/rad. fibrosis - IF EVERYTHING MADE SENSE AND WE UNDERSTOOD ALL THE REASONS - FROM WHAT PLACE WOULD COME THE TRUST?
Dx 4/4/2004, IDC, , Stage I, Grade 3, 0/16 nodes, ER+/PR+, HER2- |
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rkt Joined: Jul 2008 Posts: 249 |
Jun 30, 2009 03:48 pm
rkt wrote:
Dear Wanda, I was diagnosed last summer at stage iv with bone mets (entire spine, sternum, pelvis, and spots on ribs). My bone scans showed these areas as completely black - too many places with cancer to even begin counting spots. I was started on Arimidex daily (July 4, 2008) and monthly zometa infusions. In December 2008, I had clear PET scan (no active cancer anywhere) - clean scan again in March, so had mastectomy in May. Bone scans show where cancer was, but it is not active - my understanding, where cancer has been will be apparent on my bone scans for some time. The Zometa is a biphosphonate, which is used to try to counteract one of the adverse side effects of arimidex (bone density loss). I think that they normally put folks who are on an aromatase inhibitor (like arimidex) on biphosphonate also. I think that Femara works the same way as arimidex, by keeping the aromatase from working to convert things to estrogen in the body, but don't know if it causes bone density loss. There was a report out of the San Antoinio BC conference last year, I think, that seemed to indicate that zometa also has an adverse effect on cancer, they were thinking that it made the bone environment inhospitable for cancer - I will see if I can find the link for this article - my brother sent it to me. Will keep you and your daugher in my thoughts and prayers. Becky Becky, Stage IV, bone mets, ER+/PR?, HER2-, diagnosed June 2008
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