Life on aromasin

I am so very happy to hear that some of us have minimal issues with this drug. I wish it were me, but in comparison to recurrence, I will take the pain (at least today..lol) and will see how I do after my long hiatus of 3 months. My MO seems to think it might help. So far, the pain in my joints is tolerable but have only been back on since 8/24...we shall see...

Hugs to all my "romie" sisters!

mine is the same says take with or directly after food, I take it straight after breakfast as it also advises take it about the same time every day, and breakfast is the meal most likely to be at a similar time every day for me. Some pills advise "with food" for reasons such as they may be better absorbed with food, or cause less gastric irritation or SE's such as dizziness if taken with food.

I take my aromasin after breakfast every day, along with some other meds. They all seem to hit at once and I have "med head" for about 10 minutes (I feel spacey). But, then I'm fine.

I also take Aromasin and a handful of other pills right after breakfast. Like Elaine, I feel a bit weird for about 10-15 minutes afterwards, but it goes away. I have another handful of pills to take at night.

I'm one of the weird ones that takes it at night. I found tamoxifen and arimidex would give me worse hot flashes in the day if I took it in the morning--I teach at a univ. and hate to pour sweat in front of my students when i teach--, so I just kept with my previous routine and take aromasin at night. I don't find any sleep disturbances and with the 5-HTP (Gawd, I sound like a commercial for that supplement, but it's pretty amazing stuff) I am sleeping a lot better anyway.

Taking meds with or without food never made a difference to me, so I've ignored those directives all my life.

Claire in AZ

I take my pills in the morning. so only life disrupts my sleep at night. I remember because I give my doxie her pain med at that time also. It's motivating to remember so I don't arrive home to an old blind dog whimpering in pain. She's not old in my avatar photo.

I take Exemestane and then 2 more for SE if counting the Prolia. All the rest are suppliments.

Thank you, feelingfeline. Besides chronic back problems typical in doxies, she has an enlarged heart and acquired sudden and complete blindness last spring. Still she manages and is loved by my two cats. And loves them back.

Hi Songbird we are near neighbours! And I was also Left MX and DX at 44, and did tamoxifen followed by switch to Aromasin (exemestane) - sheesh we're practically twins!

I was trying to get the bit about doing tamox for 3 years, then Aromasin since last month into my profile, so that it would come out in my "signature. Instead I have a mess that looks like I was doing tamox and aromasin simultaneously since 2012 - yeah I know. I know - that would be double the fun, but that's not actually what happened. Do you remember how did you manage to get your profile to accept two lots of hormonal therapy? What am I doing wrong??

Hi feelingfeline! Just happens I love cats too! yep, twins:)

Go to your my profile, click on mytreatments. Under that is Add a new treatment. I think that is what I did - imagine the fun taking tamox and aromasin together - eek!

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feelingfeline - just realised my avatar pic is me and my dog, who loves cats too(he won't admit to being scared of them, although they totally rule him!) You can see how big he is, but he thinks he's smaller than a cat. He still tries to get on my lap, awww:)

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Thanks Songbird - got my treatment signature sorted out to more accurately reflect the situation!

Hi, just got back from my 6 month check up with my oncologist. Luckily all was well. Yay. BIG YAY. I did ask her if research had been released yet about taking AI for 10 years vs. 5, and she said she expected it around Oct of this year; however, she did tell me that she believes it will prove women who are higher risk for recurrence (see my status below) will need to be on something for ten, not five years.

I'm resigned to taking some kind of AI for another 7 years, then. In the great scheme of everything, it's a small price to pay to be here and healthy.

Claire in AZ

Surgery 22/3/14 Right breast lumpectomy - IDC, 4.5cm, 8 nodes removed ER+

Chemo and radiation.

Hormone blockers (tamoxifen)

i've been on tamoxifen for 14 months now, i am exhausted to the point that i feel i cannot function anymore, ANY ADVICE?

Thanks for the info Claire. I see my MO at the end of October. Hope she has numbers for me. She considers me high risk due to tumor size.