FEMARA

isolie & auntienance,wintersocks ... I have been on Femara for 81 days, so far no hair loss, "warm flushes but not as many now, still quite emotional but not as bad as a month ago.   There is hope for all of us.

 I still have moments of "sadness" & just want to cry, not sure if that is the Femara or my overall reaction to the cancer.

hugs to all of you.

Isabelle

I have been taking 2.5 mg letrozole since Jan.  I do experience some side effects (joint pain, swelling, some foggy memory).  In consideration though it is difficutl to outweigh the benefits.  I have tumour shrinkage and some memory/foggy stuff I think can be a result of knowing this cloud is over me.  15 years ago I had chemo and radiation.  for me the benefits and side stuff totally outweighs radiation.   That's just me but keep positive and take care and be well.  K

I've been on this pill since Nov '09 & have not experienced hair loss as a side effect (knock on wood)

Joint pain off & on; I did a self-imposed sabbatical last Nov, until Jan 1 '12, about 6 weeks worth.  Since I've gone back on my aches & pains are less & the ones that I do have I don't necessarily attribute to Femara.  I recently started taking Glucosamine w/Chon....whatever that is for some hip pain...so far I still have the hip pain (intermittent) but I'm hopeful. 

Jacee!!!!!

I haven't had a bone density since my intial one in '09, but I'm having one this coming Wed.  I'm going to be curious to see result.

Oops I hit the wrong button above as I'm on my iPhone.



Wintersocks the hair loss is not total like chemo but a thinning. Some people maintain a good amount although not as thick as it used to be and then there is me......lol......I have hair like a babies, soft, fine and not a lot of it but enough that I can maintain a very short hair style.

I take my pill at night and have the aches and pains in the joints but I am also riddled with osteo arthritis which accounts more for that.

Some SE's come and go and most of them are because your body is adjusting to that little pill and a lot to do with the lessening estrogen in your system.

Hoping you don't have too much trouble with it. Good luck.



Love n hugs. Chrissy

I've been on letrozole 5 months, so far no hair thinning or loss.

Eph - good luck with the dexa scan. 

Eph...hugs back at cha!! Hoping you get great results from the dexa!



Just had 6 month appt with Onc. He said Femara wouldn't be the cause of my rt hip pain...thinks it was an injury from exercise. He said if Femara is the cause of pain, it will be bilateral...won't just affect one hip and not the other. Thoughts???

Makes sense to me, I suppose.

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Ginger, same here.

No rash here, sorry. I've not heard of that. Have you shown it to your doc?



I get stiff from sitting but it only takes me a minute to get going again.

Ginger I'm not sure if the stiffness is from the Femara, arthritis or just plain getting old.........lol. The stiff fingers is something new for me but again once I get them moving they are just fine. I hadn't thought that maybe it was a SE I just put it down to the fact that when I sleep I rarely move.........I've even woken with a start to catch my DH watching me. When I asked him what he was doing he said, ' just making sure you were breathing as you are so still'. Guess I gave him a bit of a scare........lol

Hi All,

Forestdwell: I too have woods near me, but feel silly walking on my own without a dog now. but I feel I need to venture out again. Sitting around is very isolating, but I live in a small ccommunity and don't want to stop and talk or have people staring at my lack of hair/breast.

I wonder if I can pose a question that I have been thinking about: I understand that 'some' people can develop a resistence to this drug and that means it no longer works. Is that correct? and if this is correct how do we know?

Is there some way of working out it's efficacy? a blood test?

Thanks,