Life on aromasin

I take all of mine at the same time in the morning with milk. I don't have any noticeable bad reactions. I can't take mine separate or I forget. So... At 7:00 a.m. down they go.

My oncologist just told me to alwys to take aromasin with food...apparently a trial was run with blood being tested on women who had taken their tablets with and without food. The blood of those who had taken their aromasin with food showed a 60% higher uptake of the aromasin than those who took it on an empty stomach.

He didnt tell me anything about not taking other supplements at the same time though. 

I think it would say in the insert that comes with the drug if you can't take them together with other drugs.  I just have a hard time swallowing them so take them an hour or so apart.

All I know is when I take an antibiotic (like now) don't take it with my vitamins or something else I don't remember now. OMG LOL

I take my BP pill first thing in the morning and then circle the date on my calendar. But sometimes I take out the bottle, then circle the date and then turn on the electrical kettle. And then I can't remember if I took the pill or not---LOL

Hm - did I take it or not? If I didn't is two too many. Will I be too dizzy to drive today? Or, would it be chancy to NOT take the pill. My mom had a stroke when she quit her BP pills. But was that after just one pill?   And before surgery I was told I must take my PB pill that morning, but no other water or food. So it must be serious if you miss a pill.

Hm ---I can't decide - so I take a half pill  LOL

Yorkiemom - my now my brain is swimming. 

The bags sound like a good plan.  I also keep the dogs' pills in a different drawer in a different room. Don't want to mix those with mine.

I put my pill in a neat little dish. If it is empty I took them.

hahahahaha--all our efforts with pills is a full time job.

Here's my routine. My daily pills are in a zip wrap bag. My vitalmins are just by themselves, my if I need the pills are seperate--my nite pills near me and closest are my pain and xanax--I wonder why LOL

I think we must be geniuses to be able to remember where everything is and come up with all these tricks to keep ourselves properly medicated. 

pills, the number keeps upping!

I have my morning stuff, in a small cup that I take to work and take after my bfast

then I have my nightie night ones, those are upstairs.  No way can I forget the nightie ones as that includes my alergy ones and if I forget...I wake up reaching for the tissues!

PILLs dumb things!

hoping to be able to end the aromasin in 13 months...

I am still looking for a calcium supplement that doesn't slow down my digestion. wish I could just do yogurt etc but am lactose intolerant..

Lisa 1012 - I am also very lactose intolerant, but I can eat Wallaby yogurt without problems.  Also a small amount of Stoneybrook and a new Greek style yogurt, but cannot remember the name right now.  All the rest cause problems for me.  You might try sampling some of the higher quality yogurts and see if any will work for you.  

One time I accidentally took my Aromasin twice and was wide awake all night. THAT finally convinced me to figure out a system.  When I take my pain pill first thing in the morning, I turn all my other pill bottles upside down, and then after I take each one, I turn the bottle right-side-up.  That way I know at a glance whether I've taken them yet.  (Since I still have another pain med to take mid-afternoon, I lay that bottle on its side.  When I take the second and final pain pill for the day, I turn the bottle right side up.)  Make sense?  It works for me.

I am lactose intolerant, and I take a liquid calcium-magnesium-D3 formula by Country Life.  I get it from Amazon.  I don't have any problems with Greek yogurt, goat cheese, or hard cheese... and I pretend I don't have trouble with ice cream. :-)