Serum calcium levels are elevated among women with untreated postmenopausal breast ca

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Rich,

I agree with you about the endocrine connection. In mid-2004, I was treated (briefly) for subclinical hypothyroidism, which ended when I developed horrible, unrelenting itching pretty much all over, that lasted about 6 months before I got it under control. (I have since read that the itching is a not uncommon symptom of bc, as it reflects an immune system gone bonkers. )My 2005 mammo was clear, but the bc was picked up on the 2006 scan, right around the time it hit 1 cm, the threshold for finding bc on mammos. (I have dense breasts which makes it more difficult to see, also). I remain convinced that the sythroid I took, at very low dose, is responsbile for either initiating or accelerating the bc. All I need to do to satisfy myself is prove it . . .

I also had a lot of bone density loss between 2004 and 2006, more than after I started the AI's. My blood calcium remains in the upper end of normal.

Hopeful