Faslodex Girls Thread

@radiation_cinderella - I, too, have developed a new allergy - to shrimp and shellfish!! What the heck! ?? These were some of my go-to protein sources. I didn't figure it out until the 5th or 6th time eating shrimp as I always blamed everything on the Verzenio. Good luck managing your allergies and thanks for the conversation -

I’m starting Faslodex tomorrow and want to know what to expect. This is my second go round with breast cancer. Last time Ductal stage 2 -lumpectomy, radiation, with 2 years of chemo for HR- cancer.
This time, same breast, stage 2B lobular. 1.5 months out from a double mastectomy with reconstruction. And now start treatment tomorrow for at least 5 years will probably add Letrozole once we see how I adjust to the Faslodex.
Just want to know general what to expect and other people’s experience with it.

Thank you!

@brutersmom I went Monday for my Shots. I’ve been taking them since 2022, almost 4 years. No issues. Only that the next day the lump in my buttcheeks from the shot gets sooooo itchy li a big hive.So I spray BACTINE on it and the “Hive” subsides immediately and goes away after a day or two. I get the Xgeva shot in my arm first then my butt cheeks.There is a recliner chair there in the chemo lounge and I put my knee on the chair hold the soft chair arms and shift my weight so the injection sight is relaxed. I alway forget which side to shift my weight though. I always have to ask which side to I relax? 😊

@tbos805 . My husband developed an allergy to shrimp and cannot even go near any shell fish anymore. Started during a shrimp dinner I made when our children were very young and all of a sudden at he dinner table his face blew up,and his eye became slits. Our GP who lived in our neighborhood told him to come right over to his house where his practice was on the first floor. As soon as he saw my husband at the door he gave him shot of epinephrine. He said don’t ever eat any shellfish again because each exposure is more severe you may not even make it to the hospital. He would go into Anaphylactic shock. So he also prescribed an EpiPen. Over the years, we noticed that he can’t go into a hibachi restaurant without his asthma being triggered by the shellfish cooking. So, though he was always asthmatic, shrimp never bothered him nor did me eating shellfish in a restaurant across from him. I also developed seasonal allergies, in my 50’s. Then, asthma after a bout with the bronchitis during those years. So I developed late age asthma. I didn’t develop cancer until my late 50s . So I guess our bodies are always dealing with illnesses throughout our lives.🫤🌷🩵

@weareburnetts I am so sorry you are dealing with a 2nd go around with breast cancer. You are in the right place to get support and encouragement as well as gaining information about your diagnosis, and medications. Fasoldex is a good treatment to help you thru this Breast cancer nighmare, I hope your Fasoldex injection goes well, and make sure they warm it before giving to you.Take great care.💕

@brutersmom Same! I’m also a lefty and am forever saying the wrong hand/way but showing it correctly! My fam knows to watch where I point vs what I say My parents used to say I was the only kid saluting the flag with her left hand during assembly as a child. I play all sports as a righty but can switch hands when playing pickle ball now and paddle ball when I was young. 🤣🤣

I really don’t mind the F shots and I really like not having to take a pill(s) everyday so do pray Faslodex works for me a long time! 🤞🙏

Same for all of you!!

xo juliana

@shanagirl - I always needed a good week or even two after the Faslodex shots, and in my case the Zometa infusions. I think it's just harder for you this time because of all that you've been through with the pneumonia these past months. Rest for awhile and give it some time. Hugs for sure!

@shanagirl - Healing takes a LOT of energy!! You are having to replenish your energy "account" so keep napping and resting and making those "deposits" so you can make bigger and bigger "withdrawals" as time goes on.

"Resting is doing." ~ Matthew Haig, The Comfort Book