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DianneS · 11-27-2009, 04:41 PM

My onc said exactly the opposite: he said I should take Tamoxifen for a year to build up the bones then switch to an AI. The AI would reduce bone density, he said, but I would be back to where I was when I began Tamoxifen after taking an AI for a few years.

Geez. Is nothing simple?

Dianne

11-27-2009, 04:41 PM	#4
DianneS Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 327	Re: to those taking AIs, especially those who started on tamoxifen, switched AIs, or My onc said exactly the opposite: he said I should take Tamoxifen for a year to build up the bones then switch to an AI. The AI would reduce bone density, he said, but I would be back to where I was when I began Tamoxifen after taking an AI for a few years. Geez. Is nothing simple? Dianne __________________ Three years and 5 months NED Dx: Aug 2008 right breast IDC with 50% of tumor DCIS, Stage II or IIA, tumor size: 2.1 cm Grade 3 8/9 Richardson/Bloom test ER+ weakly positive Alred Score: 4 (suggesting I would strongly benefit from hormone therapy) PR-, HER2 positive +++ No vascular invasion No lymph nodes involved Surgery: Sept. 9, 2008 -Modified radical mastectomy, right breast. I chose to have a simple mastectomy on the left. Began Taxotere/Carboplatin/Herceptin November, 2008. Finished T/C March 2009. Finished #16 Herceptin Sept. 09. AI's and Tamoxifen made me sick. Began natural Tamoxifen which is Quercetin, I3C and a combo of other supplements. I am also a DES Daughter. There is now a link between DES exposure in utero and breast cancer!