Apologies for the significant delay since my last post on my ongoing treatment. My last post related to ongoing treatment outlined how tamoxifen was not as kind of a medicine as it had started out to be. Due to this, I was switched to one of three aromatase inhibitors - exemestane. Exemestane is different from Anastrozole or Letrozole (the other two) in that it is a steroidal aromatase inhibitor. This time, it only took about 1 month and it was determined that the side effects of severe anxiety and insomnia would not be side effects I can live with for the next 9 years. Once again, I was taken off the medication and had to wait 1 month to trial another. Enter Letrozole.
I chose Letrozole because a family member had to use this in the past for 5 years and reported very minimal to no side effects. I figured it may be kind to me as well and so far, just over one month in, it's the lesser of all evils I've tried to date. I feel less fatigue and joint pain than when I was on Tamoxifen and no insomnia or anxiety like I felt with Exemestane. I'm experiencing minimal joint pain that I'm managing with naproxen. I'm also having some brain fog with word finding difficulties and short term forgetfulness, but I just do my best and move on. I'm hoping I've found the best one for me!
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