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Caroline UK · 04-25-2007, 05:10 AM

Debra,
I so know what you mean, one scantily-informed/over-informed decision to make after another, isn't it? But somehow we muddle through, and become better informed as we go along.

I'm 48 and was made post-menopausal by the chemo. I'm on Arimidex, and like you am osteopaenic, in L4-L5 of my spine. I've been put on Calcichew-D3 Forte, rather than Fosomax, so can't comment from personal experience, but my mother-in-law has taken Fosomax for years without any problems, if that's any help at all.
Good luck in your fact-hunting and decison-making.

04-25-2007, 05:10 AM	#2
Caroline UK Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: London, England Posts: 96	Debra, I so know what you mean, one scantily-informed/over-informed decision to make after another, isn't it? But somehow we muddle through, and become better informed as we go along. I'm 48 and was made post-menopausal by the chemo. I'm on Arimidex, and like you am osteopaenic, in L4-L5 of my spine. I've been put on Calcichew-D3 Forte, rather than Fosomax, so can't comment from personal experience, but my mother-in-law has taken Fosomax for years without any problems, if that's any help at all. Good luck in your fact-hunting and decison-making. __________________ Caroline Diag. March 10th 2006, aged 46. Invasive ductal carcinoma, 2cm + multifocal. Stage 2, Grade 3 HER2+++, ER+/PR+ Right mast. May 2006. 6 of 20 nodes positive FEC x 4, taxotere x 4; port implanted after 6 cycles Rads x 25 1 year of Herceptin ended Nov 07. Arimidex 5 years Considering reconstruction, maybe soon...