Becky, thanks for the article. Good timing. Just this week I stopped my Arimidex, giving it a week's break and then will resume my AIs with Femara. Reason being, early this week I woke up with SEVERE ache in my leg and could not walk! Scared the living __ out of me! I thought it was the Arimidex, but it turned out to be a cyatic nerve problem. The Arimidex may have exacerbated the problem. But anyway, I have been thinking of switching anyways due to my trigger thumb problem that IS from the Arimidex.
Maryanne
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*** MARYANNE *** aka HARRIECANARIE
1993: right side DCIS, lumpectomy, rads
1999: left side DCIS, lumpectomy, rads, tamoxifen
2006:
BRCA 2 positive
Stage I, invasive DCIS (6mm x 5mm)
Grade: intermediate
sentinal node biopsy: neg
HER2/neu amplified 4.7
ER+/PR+
TOPO II neg
Oncotype dx 20
Bilat mastectomy with DIEP flap reconstruction
oophorectomy
2007:
6 cycles TCH (taxotere, carboplatin, herceptin)
finished 1 yr herceptin 05/07
Arimidex, stopped after almost 1 yr
Femara
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