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I had a total hysterectomy and was on bio-identical hormone therapy (pellets) for over 10 years. I was diagnosed with breast cancer last year. I had a lumpectomy with a lymph node dissection and radiation. I'm now seeing a medical oncologist and he has me on 20 mg of Tamoxifen until my estradiol levels decrease and then…
hi. I have osteoporosis due to letrozole. The bone loss is severe and my doc is concidering injection instead of risedronate pills that I am taking now to fight osteoporosis more effectively. I am 5 years out. Why if I reduce the letrozole dosage from every day to every two days? Anyone did this or any of your oncologists…
I will be having my first infusion of Zometa this week. Has anyone had any side effects from Zometa? I hope to be able to travel a few days after and to go to work the next day and wonder if this is a reasonable plan.
I found a couple of older threads about Arimidex, but they covered a large time span with a gazillion posts, so I thought I would start a new thread for Arimidex/Anastrozole users. I am starting on Anastrozole today. Plan is to take it for 5 years, possibly longer. I already have osteopenia and osteoarthritis (limited to…
Hi all, new to the forums and posting for the first time. I'm Medicare-aged and started my final treatment phase of 3 years of 5mg daily "baby" tamoxifen a few months ago, and I'm now dealing with new persistent pimples which I'm convinced are related. I've been post-menopausal for over a decade now, so my primary skin…
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Jun 11, 2025 World-renowned breast cancer expert Dr. Hope Rugo offers strategies for the most troubling side effects. At the 2025 American Society of Clinical Oncology Annual Meeting, Hope Rugo, MD, chaired a session on managing the side effects of new breast cancer treatments and also presented information on how to…
I was diagnosed with breast cancer 1A one year ago. I had a lumpectomy with 16 radiation treatments. I began 20 mg of tamoxifen almost 8 months ago. Side effects have not been bad until about 1 month ago. I seem to bruise easily, having headaches more frequently, terrible hot flashes and my body hurts if I exercise. Prior…
I see BCO has an article about this https://www.breastcancer.org/research-news/link-between-hormonal-tx-and-diabetes My story so far - after always having fasting blood sugar in the 80s or even the 70s, my last two readings at the oncologists office, three weeks apart, were over 100. The first time, I had a smoothie not…
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