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Topic: Post menopausal, tamoxifen, not a good metabolizer

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  • Posted on: Nov 4, 2009 04:39 pm
Joined: Jul 2009
Posts: 145
bcamnb wrote:

Wondering about how other post menopausal, not-good-metabolizers of tamoxifen are managing.. I am an intermediate metabolizer but believe if I can get and keep this drug working for me, it will be a better drug than an AI.

Caroline
Diagnosis: 5/2009, IDC, 1cm, Stage I, Grade 1, 0/2 nodes, ER+/PR+, HER2-
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KristyAnn
Lindale, TX
Joined: Mar 2008
Posts: 561
Nov 4, 2009 04:41 pm KristyAnn wrote:

I was post menopausal after chemo- not definitely post menopausal before chemo and I tested as a poor metabolizer. I ended up having a hysterectomy (rather than just an oophorectomy) and am on Femara. I am doing well- I also have to supplement Vitamin D currently.

Kristy


Diagnosis: 3/18/2008, IDC, <1cm, Stage II, Grade 3, 1/2 nodes, ER+/PR-, HER2+
MarieKelly
Joined: Oct 2007
Posts: 357
Nov 5, 2009 05:23 am MarieKelly wrote:

I'm post menopausal, but the only treatment I allowed for my breast cancer was a lumpectomy and SNB - refused tamoxifen, refused arimidex, refused radiation. I have no idea if I metabolize the drug correctly or not and since I never intend to take it, it's a moot point. 

It's been 5 years and 9 months since my diagnosis and still no recurrence as of the last mammogram.

Ki-67 5%
Diagnosis: 2/22/2004, IDC, <1cm, Stage Ib, Grade 1, 0/1 nodes, ER+/PR+, HER2-

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