Having got through chemo, surgery and rads I now appear to be under assault from anastrozole. The chemo (docetaxel) damaged my bladder lining and just as that was recovering I got hit with the anastrozole. I am 71, had a hysterectomy in 2006 and was taking one 1mg oestrogen only tablet every three days. The main part of my two tumours was Her2+ but one of them also had an oestrogen receptor. I cannot think that I am going to be producing much oestrogen by myself now, but the removal of all of it has left me with bladder pain, vaginal atrophy, joint pain and general exhaustion and, all in all, feeling very low. This is after just one month of anastrozole. Does this get better? Does the body learn to cope with this insult? I read that a lot of women simply stop taking this stuff and I’m not surprised! Any personal experiences would be helpful.
