I have been on Arimidex for about 4 months and the itchinessand rash started about a month ago. It just keeps getting worse. I saw the dermatogist today and he does believe the itchiness and the rash are probably from the Arimidex. I am to try taking it in the morning and see if the time of my worst itchiness changes.
I have been threatening to take a copy of that poem to every specialist I see. They often just see the part of the problem that is their small area of expertise and cannot see the bigger picture. I hate having to see specialists because of that. Patience has never been my strongest personality trait. Yeasr ago someone told me that if you pray for patience you will be given trials and tribulations. I did not pray for patience. 
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In the world of destiny, there are no statistics.
Jan. 26- mammogram and ultrasound- suspicious lump
Mid-February- lumpectomy, infiltrating ductal carcinoma ~4.5 cm and a 1 cm DCIS, did not get clear margins, did not check lymph nodes
ER+/PR+, her2 +++, nuclear grade 3 of 3
February 20-PET scan showed something on liver. No biopsy.
March- Started carboplatin, herceptin, taxol on a four week cycle
May 3- Pet scan, with intent to do a biopsy, found nothing, liver or breast- no biopsy because there is nothing to biopsy
June 21- new onc, very concerned that there had been no biopsy,
June 18th-CAT scan, bone scan-negative
August 7th - Brain MRI-negative
August 9th- mastectomy, all pathology negative
January 2008 still NED! New oncologist -herceptin for full year after chemo- until July, and tamoxifen---negative scans since May '07
July 2008-Finished Herceptin!
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