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Melanie

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Baby Boomer, Wife, Mother, Daughter, Grandma X 2

Tomorrow is my last chemo... PTL!

Circled in hot pink on the calendar... Friday, March 20, 2009.  It's the day I have been looking forward to for 6 loooong months... the last of 24 chemo treatments.  WooHoo!  It really hasn't been as bad as I had anticipated.  Not that I ever want to do it again!  In fact, most of the time I felt just fine. ... Read moreChevron
Barbara Lee

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For those just beginning the journey...

Perhaps I'm just a proud Mom walking the road with an amazing daughter, but I think her website has lots to offer those just beginning the bc journey.  Trying to understand, trying to make decisions, needing to grieve, needing to cry, feeling the love--I want to recommend her website (and have her permission to do so) with all of those who... Read moreChevron
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Author, breast cancer survivor

Aromatase Inhibitors: A Silent, Potentially Deadly Side Effect - Osteoporosis

With about 10 years of data now available, it’s becoming more and more clear that an aromatase inhibitor (AI) may be the hormone-therapy drug of choice for preventing breast cancer recurrence. Arimidex, Femara, and Aromasin—the drugs so many of us take on a daily basis—are proving more and more powerful as a cancer deterrent, for... Read moreChevron
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PJ Hamel

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Author, breast cancer survivor

My Breast Cancer Treatment: I'm an Arimidex Guinea Pig

How many of you feel like a guinea pig? Are the cancer treatments you’re receiving, or received—6 months ago, 5 years ago—truly proven? Danielle, a regular shareposter here, recently posted this comment in response to my post on MammoSite radiation: “I'm sorry if I seem a little cynical sometimes or ‘debbie... Read moreChevron
Portia

Arimidex side effects-mental and physical changes

I'm a cancer survivor.  Two years past diagnosis and treatment.  I was on tamoxifen for 18 months and then switched over to Arimidex about 6 months ago.    I was conflcted about the switch but read that Arimidex had better results.  For me, the side effects are tough to deal with.  My hands ache constantly and tingle... Read moreChevron

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