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Becky · 11-30-2009, 08:23 PM

I am still taking Arimidex. I started with Tamoxifen and switched over. In Sept 2010, it will be 5 years on the Arimidex (and I got the ooph 3 weeks before switching over).

I continued to get slightly worse even though I was getting the Zometa. I will say that perhaps it is synergy since I started the higher dosing of D3 about 6 months before the second to last dexa but the Zometa wasn't doing it alone. I was always taking about 1000iu prior to the big jump. I started taking D3 early on and I thought 1000iu was a large dose but it really isn't. I was amazed how good the July one was. D3 definitely had something to do with the dramatic results.

11-30-2009, 08:23 PM	#7
Becky Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Stockton, NJ Posts: 4,179	Re: My Bone Update I am still taking Arimidex. I started with Tamoxifen and switched over. In Sept 2010, it will be 5 years on the Arimidex (and I got the ooph 3 weeks before switching over). I continued to get slightly worse even though I was getting the Zometa. I will say that perhaps it is synergy since I started the higher dosing of D3 about 6 months before the second to last dexa but the Zometa wasn't doing it alone. I was always taking about 1000iu prior to the big jump. I started taking D3 early on and I thought 1000iu was a large dose but it really isn't. I was amazed how good the July one was. D3 definitely had something to do with the dramatic results. __________________ Kind regards Becky Found lump via BSE Diagnosed 8/04 at age 45 1.9cm tumor, ER+PR-, Her2 3+(rt side) 2 micromets to sentinel node Stage 2A left 3mm DCIS - low grade ER+PR+Her2 neg lumpectomies 9/7/04 4DD AC followed by 4 DD taxol Used Leukine instead of Neulasta 35 rads on right side only 4/05 started Tamoxifen Started Herceptin 4 months after last Taxol due to trial results and 2005 ASCO meeting & recommendations Oophorectomy 8/05 Started Arimidex 9/05 Finished Herceptin (16 months) 9/06 Arimidex Only Prolia every 6 months for osteopenia NED 18 years! Said Christopher Robin to Pooh: "You must remember this: You're braver than you believe and stronger than you seem and smarter than you think"