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Laurel · 02-23-2010, 07:23 PM

Last week at my onc. app't I was told that one of the oncs in the practice was already keeping his patients, who were tolerating their AIs well, on them after 5 yrs. This depressed me, but I know that is where they are moving. I think I would take 6months off (or maybe only 3) to allow my body to recover and go back on for a year. I have 4 more years to decide, obviously, but when the time comes I like this cycling idea. Maybe that allows me to tolerate the idea of endless treatment.

02-23-2010, 07:23 PM	#3
Laurel Senior Member Join Date: May 2008 Location: Hershey, PA. Live The Sweet Life! Posts: 2,005	Re: Any new info on AI inhibitor after 5 years? Last week at my onc. app't I was told that one of the oncs in the practice was already keeping his patients, who were tolerating their AIs well, on them after 5 yrs. This depressed me, but I know that is where they are moving. I think I would take 6months off (or maybe only 3) to allow my body to recover and go back on for a year. I have 4 more years to decide, obviously, but when the time comes I like this cycling idea. Maybe that allows me to tolerate the idea of endless treatment. __________________ Smile On! Laurel Dx'd w/multifocal DCIS/IDS 3/08 7mm invasive component Partial mast. 5/08 Stage 1b, ER 80%, PR 90%, HER-2 6.9 on FISH 0/5 nodes 4 AC, 4 TH finished 9/08 Herceptin every 3 weeks. Finished 7/09 Tamoxifen 10/08. Switched to Femara 8/09 Bilat SPM w/reconstruction 10/08 Clinical Trial w/Clondronate 12/08 Stopped Clondronate--too hard on my gizzard! Switched back to Tamoxifen due to tendon pain from Femara 15 Years NED I think I just might hang around awhile....