Is anyone taking aspirin to help stop recurrence

My MO highly recommends it and I started the baby aspirin this week.

Yes, I take 81 mgs. daily with my onc's blessings.  Read this small nurse study about three yearsa ago which was targeted at TNBC (which I am), and started it right after all my treatments were over about 3 years ago.  Since triple negatives have no drugs to take after treatments are over, I figured this was soemthing I could at least do in the hope that further research would show that it cuts inflammation and thus might help in keeping progression or recurrence at bay.  Who knows, but it seems more research is backing it.  No side effects, but I too bruise a bit easier than before as well, but no big deal.  Have to be careful though if you have to have dental surgery or any surgery - to make sure you stop it about a week prior, otherwise you can have more bleeding.  I'd eat sawdust if a research paper came out saying it might work too!  Wishing you all the best,

Linda

I started an adult aspirin daily when I started tamoxifen.  Then the studies started coming out so I have just kept on taking it.

My oncologist recommended a baby aspirin 3 days a week (mon, wed, and fri). He said this could help prevent a reoccurrence.

I think maybe because some docs aren't educated on it. I asked my internist (she is a resident). All she worried about was the risk of bleeding. I already had a pulmonary embolism. Both my dad's mom& sister had colon cancer and my dad & I have had some fast-growing polyps. I've already had ovarian cancer. Since multiple studies have shown aspirin reduces colon cancer & clotting risk it seems to me I am the perfect candidate.

sciencegal, my MO is also a hemotologist (a blood doctor). I'm taking a baby aspirin because I have one copy of a blood clotting factor gene, but my MO said that if I took it every-other day that would be fine. I believe it had something to do with the half-life of the med; i.e. how long it takes to flush out of your system. Prior to my BC surgery, I had to stop some meds and supplements for 10 days (to give them time to flush out of my system).  Overall, my understanding is that there is a range of benefits and, for most patients, few downside risks.

Found it. I am not efficient enough to post links, but goggle Nurses Health Study 2010 and you will find info on the best amount to take per week in regards to breast cancer.

Personally, I would not take a higher dose. Aspirin is a blood thinner, plus it can do a number on you stomach ( bleeding ulcers). Higher dose would be fine for pain management, but for preventative purposes, I would stay low dose.

I switched oncs after chemo, and at my first meeting my current onc told me she wanted me to do three things to reduce my risk of recurrance - exercise 30 minutes daily, maintain a normal weight, and take a baby aspirin daily.  I've done #1 and #3 religiously, and am doing my darnest to comply with #2!

Bayou - I hear you! I'm one of those who got hit hard with fatigue both on chemo and on Femara.  The first time I got on an elliptical after chemo I managed exactly 5 minutes, and the machine kept blipping off because I was going too slowly to keep it going!  But I kept at it going for a bit longer each time.  I also started walking, registered for a gentle yoga class, and kept gradually building up my activities.  The first couple of years on Femara were bad with fatigue, but after that things got a bit better.  I'm not sure whether it was because I'd built up a bit of stamnia by then, or my body got used to the Femara more, or I got better at managing the fatigue, or probably it was a combination of all three things.  I finished up my 5 years of Femara in June, and notice that I'm starting to have more energy. I've also lost a pound already, so hopefully I can continue to lose a bit more weight in the coming months.  

If you're looking for a bit of inspiration to get moving again, there are two great threads in the Fitness section - Let's Post our Daily Exercise, and the Getting Back to Exercise thread.  Both are welcoming and feature women at every point of fitness and treatment.  The support is tremendous and it does inspire me to get out and get moving.   

Newest research indicates apirin is useful for colon cancer but not effective in preventing or stopping recurrences of breast cancer.

All I can add is that I have been taking baby aspirin for 15 years and got DCIS this year.

Well, I will continue mine. Being BRCA + puts me at higher risk for colon cancer anyway. If I get some benefit towards no reoccurrence, all the better.

My wife, Bev, is having to go off the aspirin from time to time, as it may be the cause of nose bleeds.

I think there is an ongoing study looking at recurrence and aspirin, but I'd have to dig to find it.

I take 2-3 of the 81mg aspirin a week. It's always been my preferred headache med, and the 81mg is such a low dose.Every other day or there about. I've had to stop for the time being because of an upcoming minor surgery (dermatology) and they said no aspirin for 3 weeks prior. But I'll start again after. I figure it might also help against the slightly elevated clot risk with tamoxifen.