At the end of March I was diagnosed with low grade ovarian cancer stage 3. I am disabled, bedbound and wheelchair bound. In the present situation an operation is out of the question because I’m not mobile and high risk of death if I caught COVID 19. I was offered instead anastrozole to not only try and shrink the tumour but also stop the disease advancing.
What I would like to know is, other peoples experiences were or are taking anastrozole while suffering with ovarian cancer?
Hi 
Warm welcome to the club no one wants to join, but pleased to see you found us.
Don't know what you have been told about Anastrozole so I hopped the fence from the breast group as lots of ladies there take it. Quite a few have now been given this if their surgery or chemo is on hold to shrink tumours down but it takes quite a while.
Their main use is to stop your ovaries from producing oestrogen which can feed some tumours gradually starving them 
Downside is they can cause the usual menopausal probs like night sweats and some muscle / joint aches after a while. So if you get those after a few weeks mention it and they can give you meds to help ease them.
There is a very active (and friendly) Ovarian Group here you can check out and join. After you join you can start a new discussion asking about Anastrozole and while you wait replies you can type Anastrozole into the ovarian group search bar to bring up previous discussions about it 
Hope this is of some help for now, take care, G n' J
