Re: 3 years since diagnosis
Hi Linn,
It was a little complicated - my onc had me on Femara however 6 months out of chemo Igot my period back so Iwas put on the zoladex shots to chemically shut down my ovaries. Whilst on this I wasn't happy about being on Femara so insisted that I did a couple of months of tamoxifen instead and then go back to Femara once the zoladex was doing its thing. I then had my ovaries out so didn't need the shots anymore.
As for bone health I am not aware of any benefit either way - I have to be monitored on Femara and it can be very hard on bones too so I think its a case of pick of devil!
Good luck
Jen xx
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Diagnosed Nov '10 IDC whilst pregnant with 2nd child
Her 2 ++ ER/PR + but weak and patchy 50% + 5%
Left mastectomy Dec '10, 6cm tumour 1 of 2 lymph (micro mets)
Clear margins but lymphovasculer invasion
Stage 3a Grade 3
Fec 100 x 3 Jan '11 Taxotere X 3 and Herceptin X 1yr
Staging scans - CT brain & body and bone - May '11 - NED!!
Start Femara - in chemo induced menapause
25 Rads June '11
Dec '11 Menstruation resumed - zoladex inj monthly and Tamoxifen
Feb '12 Back on Femera and Zoladex
March '12 CT brain & body & bone scan all clear
Zometa x2/yearly
April '12 - Oopherectomy
Praying the Herceptin is as good as its hype!!
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