I feel like I’m turning 90 overnight

I will def mention this at my next oncology appt then. There’s been no mention of checking my hormone levels or changing which drugs I’m on! 

Hi Cuffcake,

Hope you've had a good Christmas. I was also wondering about switch to letrozole. I have been on duloxetine for 18months (pre cancer) and it has a negative interaction with tamoxifen. Tried switching with horrendous results, so back on duloxetine which suits me. However, I think I'll have to go straight onto letrozole because of this. Can I ask what your doctor said about switching too early? I am just waiting for my endocrine blood test results. Start Kadcyla on 5th Jan.

Much love

LKM xx

Hi LKM, thank yes had a good Christmas, hope you did too. from my talk with him I got the impression changing too soon (before the 2 years) would not be beneficial for me plus I’m not post menopause yet either and letrozole is not recommended for pre menopause as I think you have to have other treatments to suppress the ovaries. I believe having tamoxifen first and then switching helps give better protection of reoccurrence too in the case of pre menopause. 
Wishing you all the best 

Hugs from cuffcake x x x x x