I have now been taking Tamoxifen for 3 weeks. No major side effects yet, but I keep getting very chilled. Searching the forum I've seen others mention this as well. What I haven't seen mentioned is that if I take my temperature while feeling chilled, it is usually up between 99.5 - 100.00. I keep thinking I'm getting sick,…
I just started letrozole today and am trying to mentally prepare. A few questions for those of you who are on it: - How long have you been on it? - What have been the most notable side effects? - What has helped side effects, if anything? Did any go away over time? - If you have tried Estring, how has your experience been?…
I saw my MO and told him that I wanted to try something else instead of arimidex due to intolerable side effects. I fully expected that I was going to try letrozole, but instead he suggested aromasin. He says in his personal experience, he has seen more patients able to tolerate aromasin than the other AI's. So I said…
When I was received my diagnosis five years ago, my MO wanted me to do 10 years of hormonal therapy. Women in my family experience menopause really late (around age 57) and continue to have children well into their 40s without reproductive assistance. So although I was 43, I felt my reproductive age was a lot lower, and…