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Beth, My onc recommends an AI too rather then tamoxifen. If you go with an AI just make sure they do labs on you every once in a while to check your Estradiol and FSH level's. I was peri-meno prior to chemo. I went into chemopause as most women do...but my onc assumed I would stay menopausal. But I knew I wouldn't. I had her check my estradiol and FSH about 4 months later and I was right back to being peri-meno. So the "AI" wasn't doing me any good all that time.
Point being...if you decide to go with an AI...just make sure you have your estradiol and FSH checked in a month or so because you could go back to being peri-meno...its happens far to often. I'm glad your asking questions and staying on top of this. Way to go. Hang in there.
Chelee
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DX: 12-20-05 - Stage IIIA, Her2/Neu, 3+++,Er & Pr weakly positive, 5 of 16 pos nodes.
Rt. MRM on 1-3-06 -- No Rads due to compromised lungs.
Chemo started 2-7-06 -- TCH - - Finished 6-12-06
Finished yr of wkly herceptin 3-19-07
3-15-07 Lt side prophylactic simple mastectomy. -- Ooph 4-05-07
9-21-09 PET/CT "Recurrence" to Rt. axllia, Rt. femur, ilium. Possible Sacrum & liver? Now stage IV.
9-28-09 Loading dose of Herceptin & started Zometa
9-29-09 Power Port Placement
10-24-09 Mass 6.4 x 4.7 cm on Rt. femur head.
11-19-09 RT. Femur surgery - Rod placed
12-7-09 Navelbine added to Herceptin/Zometa.
3-23-10 Ten days of rads to RT femur. Completed.
4-05-10 Quit Navelbine--Herceptin/Zometa alone.
5-4-10 Appt. with Dr. Slamon to see what is next? Waiting on FISH results from femur biopsy.
Results to FISH was unsuccessful--this happens less then 2% of the time.
7-7-10 Recurrence to RT axilla again. Back to UCLA for options.
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