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Re: AIs and depression
I met with my onc last week to discuss what to do. We decided to let it rest till the end of April (which is coincidentally when my one year of Herceptin is up). I am an accountant and I would like to get through my busy season at work and be able to think which I could not do on Aromasin. Then perhaps I will try Femara. My onc is very uncomfortable about Tamoxifen for me even with the warfarin because of my history of blood clots. With my current risk of recurrence at approximately 12%, the AI will only improve that by about half. If Femara is anything like Aromasin, life would not be worth living with the side effects. So I guess I will give it a try in a couple of months and see how it works out. If it does not, then I will just have the best life I can and think about the 88%, not the 12%. I think I can feel good about that!
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Routine mammo 1/8/10
Ultrasound 1/22/10
Biopsy 2/2/10 - IDC, 2 cm, ER+, PR+, HER2 3+, Grade 3 (8/9)
Liver MRI (for other reason) on 2/12/10 clear - no mets
PET scan 3/5/10 - arm pit lymph nodes "lit up", no other areas of concern other than breast tumor
Lumpectomy 3/10 - tumor and all lymph nodes on left side removed
Pathology report results 3/19 show only 2 of 23 nodes removed were malignant, tumor margins were positive - additional surgery required
Second surgery 3/31/10
Pathology results 4/13/10- all margins clear
Stage 2a bc
Started TCH 4/30/10- finished 8/12/10 (2 more weeks of Herceptin to go)
9/2/10 - started Herceptin every three weeks
PET scan 9/18-10 - all well except shadowy area in lung
Started radiation 9/7/10 - finished 10/21/10
Aromasin started 11/1/10 (hate it!)
PET scan 12/13 area in lung is smaller - probably just inflamation
Aromasin stopped 1/14/11 due to side effects
Currently on AI holiday
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