Hormonal Therapy - Before, During, and After
Discussion List
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Raloxifene 4 yrs post lumpectomy/radiation
After Mammaprint high risk score, Onco suggested Raloxifene. Oncotype score was 11 and have had clean Mammos, exercising, eating nutritionally. Has anyone started Raloxifene later after their diagnosis?
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Lupron injection
Hi, I've being on monthly Lupron injections (3.75mg) since March 2020. My cancer center in California also offered an option of 3-month Lupron shots, but I don't know the dosage. I adjusted to this treatment with tolerable side effects. My hormone levels were checked and this dosage was enough. Recently we moved to Texas…
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Concerned that hormone therapy will worsen depression
Hi, I am looking for advice from those ladies coping with management of severe clinical depression. I am almost 2 months out from a successful bilateral mastectomy. My new oncologist would like me to take Tamoxifen due to how hormone receptor positive my cancer was?? That’s how she explained it. However I take Wellbutrin…
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Reaction to faslodex / fulvestrant
Has anyone had a reaction to faslodex during their injection? I have been getting the fasoldex injections every month for almost 3 years. Last week, right when the nurses starting to inject me, I had a weird feeling in my chest and my lower jaw which caused me to start coughing. On top of that, my left hand started burning…
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Tomxfine for 5 years
Hello everyone I am stage 1 ilc ER +PR+ HER 2 - grade 1 Lymph node 0/3. I took T for 5 years and 11 months of Letrazole and I developed severe joint arthopathy involving the hands and other joints.I had to have hysterectomy because of polyps .Anyone in a similar situation took T for 5 years or do I have to continue for up…
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After 2-3 Yrs of Tamoxifen, 5 Yrs of Femara Offers More Benefits
After 2-3 Years of Tamoxifen, 5 Years of Femara Offers More Benefits Than 2-3 Years September 30, 2021 After taking tamoxifen for 2 to 3 years following surgery, postmenopausal women diagnosed with early-stage hormone-receptor-positive breast cancer had a better survival rate from taking 5 years of Femara rather than 2 to…
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I am SO upset - need a reality check....
I had my 2nd meeting with the MO I chose today. The backstory is that when I was diagnosed the BCS was on vacation and I couldn't get in for 3 weeks, so I saw the PA who I loved. She told me at that meeting that I had to choose my team, and gave me a list of MOs, and Radiation Therapists. She told me that they would review…