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About 20% patients continue to have pain for a long time. This is called post herpetic neuralgia. My husband still has PHN after 15 years when he was tired. His doctor suggested to have surgery to remove the nerves underneath the waist area. No medication seems to work. Surgery does not guarantee the disappearance of pain. So he just suffers.
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Ann
Stage 1 dx Sept 05
ER/PR positive HER2 +++ Grade 3
Invasive carcinoma 1 cm, no node involvement
Mastec Sept 05
Annual scans all negative, Oct 06
Postmenopause. Arimidex only since Sept 06, bone or muscle ache after 3 month
Off Arimidex, change to Femara 1/12-07, ache stopped
Sept 07 all tests negative, pass 2 year mark
Feb 08 continue doing well.
Sep 09 four year NED still on Femara.
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