letrozole

mudd

I took my first letrozole pill this morning and about three hours later I am freezing - I feel like ice water is running through me! Is this a side effect or is it just that I am so nervous and freaked out about taking it that my body is reacting this way. I had a BMX two weeks ago, do not need radiation, waiting for Onctotype DX results but MO started me on letrozole today. What a way to celebrated Thanksgiving!! Anyone else have this cold sensation. The dr. mention hot flashes but not this. I know there's a lot more side effects coming but wondering about this.

Icietla

Is it like a cold waterfall in your chest, just after drinking?

https://community.breastcancer.org/forum/91/topics/737264?page=1

Icietla

Icietla Joined: Feb 2016 Posts: 830

Aug 24, 2017 11:26PM Icietla wrote:

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About four hours after dosing, I feel rather warm for a short time. Non-problem.

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Some side effects have phased in and out periodically -- say, more for a few months; then much less, or nothing remarkable that way, for a few months. One has been some aching and stiffness along the outer side of one femur. When it gets to aching when I am down for resting, I just roll over, then it feels better. When there is stiffness there when I get up after some time down, some walking and stretching movements very shortly make it better. Non-problem. Another side effect that has phased in and out periodically is alternately feeling warmth and cold when I am down for resting at night. At those times I run the ceiling fan to cool myself, and I also use lightweight covers to warm myself -- then I can easily uncover myself to vent away excess heat until I get to feeling cold again. Non-problem.

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mudd

Thanks for that interesting link but this has nothing to do with drinking. I am sitting in my house with two shirts, a fleece and a robe and I'm definitely not sick but I feel like ice is running through my veins. Maybe I'll have superpowers now like that princess in Frozen!!

Icietla

https://community.breastcancer.org/posts/search?utf8=%E2%9C%93&search_builder%5Bkeyword%5D=chills+cold&search_builder%5Bauthor%5D=&search_builder%5Bsource%5D=forum_78&search_builder%5Bdate_range%5D=&commit=Search

Falconer

Mudd I noticed that sensation as well; I thought it was maybe resulting after surgery & anesthesia. Here's an article I found about it:

Feeling too hot or cold after breast cancer: Is it just a nuisance or a potentially important prognostic factor?

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3012377/

Not sure it answered why this was happening, but I took it as a good sign that my immune system was doing its job.