Anastrazole
hello! I’m supposed to start anastrazole but I suffered a fall and broke my tailbone. I’m wondering if anastrazole will slow the healing time for the fracture? Has anyone experienced that or heard of that? Also, I just got hot flashes and night sweats and chemo induced foot neuropathy under some control and I’m honestly so afraid of this medication making all that worse. Any insight, especially on the feet, would be great. I work full time and I have to be able to function and sleep.
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update: oncology says the anastrazole shouldn’t interfere with the bone healing but they were okay with me not starting the drug until the tailbone is healed.
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Estrogen is our favorite female hormone! According to my theory (as a highly educated now retired pharmacist), our bodies hang on to so much fat after menopause because it’s where a small amount can be produced. That’s why I think it’s difficult to lose weight after a certain age. It’s good for heart, mood, temperature equilibrium, bone health, etc.
I still get early morning mild sweats. When they were worse from using Faslodex=fulvestrant a few years ago, I slept on polyester fleece sheets even in summer. Less absorbent than cotton, they dried faster. I still keep extra nighties at the foot of the bed making it easier to strip off the damp one, replace it, and go back to sleep. I also take gabapentin which helps.
When I had hip surgery last spring, my oral chemotherapy was paused in order to allow healing. An aromatase inhibitor is more innocuous from an oncologist point of view but it was wise for you to ask. Sometimes, if more than one med change is made at a given time it becomes harder to sort out side effects. How did you get the foot neuropathy under control?
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@vlnrph, I’m sorry to hear about the night sweats but it sounds like you have a good system. I’m taking a plant supplement with the oncologist’s approval that seems to help, maybe it would help you too? It’s made by metagenics, called estrovera. There’s no estrogen in it, it’s rhapontic rhubarb. Tiny pill once a day and I swear it works! I have no idea how!
The neuropathy, ugh. I was an avid hiker before all this and that side effect really upset me. Mine was mostly the arches of my feet and the balls of my feet, and I couldn’t really walk at one point . I used ems/tens, red light therapy booties, and physical therapy. I still do the exercises and use the ems/tens/booties a few times a week. I can try to post links to what I used here if you’re interested in them. I got them on Amazon after talking with a nerve doctor and the physical therapist. Also, I used a cooler with a motor that had mitts for my feet and hands that kept them cold during treatment to try to stop the effects. I got that from a company in Ohio, they were great to deal with. The oncologist reduced the last two chemo doses too and I took a vitamin they recommended called nervive. You can get that on Amazon too. I’m not sure if all of it or just pieces of it worked but it’s just about normal now with a few flare ups.
I’m really not thrilled about taking this pill because I’m so afraid of the side effects. Maybe I won’t have any, or they won’t be bad? As my friend’s grandmom would say, I’m crying before I’m even hurt.
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