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Old 07-03-2010, 03:27 PM   #25
MJo
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Re: Half of breast cancer patients treated with antihormonals are noncompliant ie, do

I love this topic. I have a year to go on Femara and I want to stop now, but I won't. I had a 30 day vacation from the drug when my liver enzymes went haywire. I felt MUCH better. I asked the Onc if I could take Femara every other day. He and the Nurse Pract. strongly urged me to keep taking it every day. I hate this stuff. I told the onc that god/creator made women's bodies with estrogen and it isn't natural to get us down to 0. He said men do without estrogen. Something is not in synch with that reasoning! Duh! Finally I told him that I'm right on this one and he's wrong. I can see why women -- young and old -- are not compliant. In fact, I'm in a clinical trial with Femara, and the nurse told me many women in the trial have stopped coming back for their meds. Hah! Thanks for letting me B---h. I will continue to take the Femara, but under protest.
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IDC, Stage I, Grade 2
Oncotype DX Score 32
Her2++ E+P+, Node Neg.
Lumpectomy 11/04/05 Clear Margins
3 Dose dense AC (Couldn't tolerate 4)
4 Dose dense Taxol & Herc. (Tolerated well)
36 weeks Herceptin (Could not complete one year due to decrease in MUGA score)
2 years of Arimidex, then three years of Femara
Finished Femara May 2011
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