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Old 08-23-2010, 10:38 PM   #6
BonnieR
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Re: pain - arthritis or femera side effect?

I saw the subject of the thread and my first reaction was "a little bit of BOTH". At least in my case. It is hard to separate things out sometimes. But I ended up with painful "trigger thumb" so we switched from Femara to Aromisin. Which I think is contributing to weight gain!!! Can't win! But the joints are less painful.
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Post menopause
May 2007 Core biopsy, Rt breast
ER+, Pr-, HER2 +++, Grade 3
Ki-67: 90%
"suspicious area" left breast
Bilateral mastectomy, (NED on left) May 2007
Sentinel Node Neg
Stage 1, DCIS with microinvasion, 3 mm, mostly removed during the biopsy....
Femara (discontinued 7/07) Resumed 10/07
OncoType score 36 (July 07)
Began THC 7/26/07 (d/c taxol and carboplatin 10/07)
Began Herceptin alone 10/07
Finished Herceptin July /08
D/C Femara 4/10 (joint pain/trigger thumb!)
5/10 mistakenly dx with lung cancer. Middle rt lobe removed!
Aromasin started 5/10
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