Arimidex

After having a lumpectomy(0.4cm) in December, I have a T1a cancer, estrogen +, progesterone-, and HER2 -.  I start radiation treatments tomorrow.  My question is about taking Arimidex.  In May of last year I had my ovaries and uterus removed because of something suspicious growing on my ovaries.  Thankfully it was benign.  How much estrogen could I possibly have left on my body?  After looking up arimidex and all its side effects it sounds awful. I am all ready not thrilled with getting radiation and now it sounds like a crueling  5 years ahead of me.  Can you measure the amount of estrogen in your blood to see if it is even worth taking the arimidex.  Where else is estrogen produced in the body?

[Cheerpul]

Arimidex combats the type of estrogen that is produced by fat cells in the body.  It is proven to be very beneficial in helping to prevent cancer recurrance.  Please remember that, when you look up drugs, you get the good, the bad, and the ugly.  But no one knows how the drug will affect them until they try it.  Many people have few side effects, while others have more.

Please do not reject a valuable treatment option without thoroughly discussing it with your doctor and trying it.  There are several options of aromatase inhibitors and tamoxifen that can be used by postmenapausal women to combat hormone recptive cancer cells.  If one causes too many side effects, another may not.  

I am taking tamoxifen, which also has a rough reputation.  In my case, the only side effects have been hot flashes 2-3 per day for less than 2 minutes each.  To me, I feel lucky and am glad to have this medicine to take.  I hope that your experience is similar to mine.  I am thinking of you.

[Cheerpul]

Arimidex combats the type of estrogen that is produced by fat cells in the body.  It is proven to be very beneficial in helping to prevent cancer recurrance.  Please remember that, when you look up drugs, you get the good, the bad, and the ugly.  But no one knows how the drug will affect them until they try it.  Many people have few side effects, while others have more.

Please do not reject a valuable treatment option without thoroughly discussing it with your doctor and trying it.  There are several options of aromatase inhibitors and tamoxifen that can be used by postmenapausal women to combat hormone recptive cancer cells.  If one causes too many side effects, another may not.  

I am taking tamoxifen, which also has a rough reputation.  In my case, the only side effects have been hot flashes 2-3 per day for less than 2 minutes each.  To me, I feel lucky and am glad to have this medicine to take.  I hope that your experience is similar to mine.  I am thinking of you.