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Re: Question about Continuing Arimidex past 5 years
My five years (2 yrs Tamoxifen, 3 yrs Femara) is coming up this May. I saw my onc in February and she said that the jury is still out on this one. However, she said I should continue on Femara for now since I am tolerating it okay. I have osteopenia and have been getting Zometa 2 x yr for the past 3 yrs; I am going to continue with that too.
I had a follow up with my breast surgeon today and he recommended that I stop Femara immediately due to my upcoming knee replacement surgery. He said that AIs carry a very slight risk of causing blood clots - the number one complication with knee replacement. Even though the risk is very small, he said it would be best to be off it for about a month after surgery.
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Gerri
Dx: 11/23/05, Lumpectomy 12/12/05
Tumor 2.2 cm, Stage II, Grade 3, Sentinel Node biopsy negative
ER+ (30%) /PR+ (50%), HER2+++
AC X 4 dose dense, Taxol X 4 dose dense
Herceptin started with 2nd Taxol, given weekly until chemo done
then given every 3 weeks for one year ending on March 16, 2007
Radiation 30 treatments
Tamoxifen - 2 yrs (pre-menopausal)
May 2008 - Feb 2012 Femara
Aug 2008 - Feb 2012 Zometa every 6 months
March 2012 - Stop Femara, now Evista for bone strengthening
********** Enjoy the little things, for one day you may look back and realize they were the big things. - Robert Brault
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