Like so many of use before BC I was happily taking HRT and felt bloody marvellous!
Fast forward two years and I am taking letrozole, my cancer was large mulit-focal and whilst only a stage 2 after the mammoplasty they said if they'd have know how widespread it was they would have recommended a bilateral mastectomy. So the fear of them not getting it all, the radiotherapy missing a bit and a reoccurrence is huge and terrifying for me - as i am sure you will understand.
But I bloody hate what letrozole is doing to my body - I am a stone heavier, my muscle tone has gone, my legs covered in cellulite, my hair thinning, my skin dry, my bones ache, I can't sleep, I am anxious (but not taking it makes me even more worried!)I am bloated - my tummy swollen so I can't fit into my clothes and I look awful, I have an apron of fat. It really is horrid. I eat well and exercise, I walk 12-15,000 steps every day and swim but I have joined a gym, am getting a programme designed for me to help tone and shift the fat. I'm looking at diets but I'm tired because of the sleep disruption so every time I try I am like..god I need something sweet to keep me awake at work :-)
This is a huge rant I know, but does anyone have any tips as to what else I can do to get my mo-jo and my body back - honestly I feel about 70. I can take collagen things can't I, I wish there was somewhere you could go to and them say well this is fine to take and helps...I miss my hormones so bady!! I know I'm so lucky in so many ways but I can't stand to look at myself.
Ohh yeah and bloody brain fog forgetfulness too...anyway enough grumbling :-) Any tips out there guys???
