reoccurance question

Lighthouse_7
Lighthouse_7 Member Posts: 1,566 Member
edited March 2014 in Breast Cancer #1
Did all of you that had a reoccurance of your cancer take the 5 year pill? Femara, Tamoxifen, Arimidex or Aromisin. I am just curious and I hope you don't mind the question. I was wondering why they tell us to take it for 5 years and I hear so many people getting it back in 7-10 years. It must make the odds better?
Thanks.
Wanda
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  • meena1
    meena1 Member Posts: 1,003
    #2
    I did not take the 5 year
    I did not take the 5 year pill, oncologist told me would not work for my type of cancer. My reoccurance occured 2 years after my original diagnosis and 1 year after i completed treatment.
  • Megan M
    Megan M Member Posts: 3,000
    #3
    meena1 said:

    I did not take the 5 year
    I did not take the 5 year pill, oncologist told me would not work for my type of cancer. My reoccurance occured 2 years after my original diagnosis and 1 year after i completed treatment.

    I remember that some on here
    I remember that some on here that have or had a recurrence took the hormone therapy. I am sure that they will post about it. I think someone on here or a couple didn't take radiation and had a recurrence, but, I can't remember who it is now.


    How are you doing now on chemo Meena?


    Hugs, Megan
  • Lighthouse_7
    Lighthouse_7 Member Posts: 1,566 Member
    #4
    Megan M said:

    I remember that some on here
    I remember that some on here that have or had a recurrence took the hormone therapy. I am sure that they will post about it. I think someone on here or a couple didn't take radiation and had a recurrence, but, I can't remember who it is now.


    How are you doing now on chemo Meena?


    Hugs, Megan

    Thanks Megan and
    Thanks Megan and Meena.
    Hugs,
    Wanda
  • bjmom1
    bjmom1 Member Posts: 152
    #5
    I start taking tamiofen in 2008 had to many joints pain was switch to arimdex 2009 it stop working for me. I was diagnosis in 2010 and was swicth to aromasin with zometa for bone met in my T6. I did not have the pleasure of being NED for 5 years. But I am still here fighting.

    Barb
  • RE
    RE Member Posts: 4,591 Member
    #6
    :-)
    Hello Wanda, I was on Tamoxifen for 6 months prior to the cancer returning. Once it returned I did not go back on it since it did not work for me the first time. On the other hand my sister was put on it after her second bout with cancer and it kept it at bay for 5 years with little side effects.

    ♡♡ RE ♡♡
  • Lighthouse_7
    Lighthouse_7 Member Posts: 1,566 Member
    #7
    RE said:

    :-)
    Hello Wanda, I was on Tamoxifen for 6 months prior to the cancer returning. Once it returned I did not go back on it since it did not work for me the first time. On the other hand my sister was put on it after her second bout with cancer and it kept it at bay for 5 years with little side effects.

    ♡♡ RE ♡♡

    Thanks Ladies, I guess I'm
    Thanks Ladies, I guess I'm still looking for reasons to stop taking this pill. Femara had too many side effects and I'm now on Arimidex.
    Your answers help. Thanks again!
    Wanda :) Love the hearts RE
  • VickiSam
    VickiSam Member Posts: 9,079 Member
    #8
    Lighthouse_7 said:

    Thanks Ladies, I guess I'm
    Thanks Ladies, I guess I'm still looking for reasons to stop taking this pill. Femara had too many side effects and I'm now on Arimidex.
    Your answers help. Thanks again!
    Wanda :) Love the hearts RE

    Interesting subject .. I have my last chemo this
    coming Friday .. herceptin // finished TCH 6 cycles or in my case 18 weeks straight .. and my ONC has said nothing about taking any medication after chemo finishes. Interesting indeed .. writting all this down so I can discuss with Onc on Friday.


    Thank you all for sharing your stories..

    Vicki Sam ♪
  • DebbyM
    DebbyM Member Posts: 3,289 Member
    #9
    Lighthouse_7 said:

    Thanks Ladies, I guess I'm
    Thanks Ladies, I guess I'm still looking for reasons to stop taking this pill. Femara had too many side effects and I'm now on Arimidex.
    Your answers help. Thanks again!
    Wanda :) Love the hearts RE

    I have always wondered about
    I have always wondered about this, as, it does seem like many with recurrences had taken some form of the hormone therapy treatment. Thanks for this post.


    Hugs, Debby
  • chenheart
    chenheart Member Posts: 5,159
    #10
    I took Arimidex for the
    I took Arimidex for the entire 5 years~ and a year later I had the recurrance. Sigh! But it was a good 6 year run~ and I am in fight mode now! LOL

    Hugs,
    Chen♥
  • MyTurnNow
    MyTurnNow Member Posts: 2,686 Member
    #11
    I began taking Arimidex in
    I began taking Arimidex in January '09, after completing chemo and rads for IDC. My cancer recurred in July '10. I have not meet with my onco to get the answer to the million dollar question....what's next? I've had a bilateral mastectomy so we'll see.
  • teresa41
    teresa41 Member Posts: 471
    #12
    MyTurnNow said:

    I began taking Arimidex in
    I began taking Arimidex in January '09, after completing chemo and rads for IDC. My cancer recurred in July '10. I have not meet with my onco to get the answer to the million dollar question....what's next? I've had a bilateral mastectomy so we'll see.

    tamoxifen
    i started taking tamoxifen in december 2009 after chemo and radiation, i was diagnosed in april 2010 with breast cancer again in opposite breast . my oncoligist has kept me on it since i was diagnosed the second time.


    teresa
  • susie09
    susie09 Member Posts: 2,930
    #13
    teresa41 said:

    tamoxifen
    i started taking tamoxifen in december 2009 after chemo and radiation, i was diagnosed in april 2010 with breast cancer again in opposite breast . my oncoligist has kept me on it since i was diagnosed the second time.


    teresa

    I haven't taken tamox yet
    I haven't taken tamox yet either Wanda. Not sure it helps. Good luck!
  • cahjah75
    cahjah75 Member Posts: 2,631
    #14
    Wanda
    I just started chemo last week but I was told I would be on Tamoxifen or Arimidex following treatment. I had bilateral mastectomy w/no lymph node involvement. I have 2 sisters who are 8 year survivors and 1 took Tamoxifen and the other Arimidex. Neither of them had side effects that would have encouraged them to stop taking the "pill". I hope this helps.
    Char
  • mjfromtx
    mjfromtx Member Posts: 49
    #15
    Triple negative BC
    Since I have triple negative breast cancer I did not take any hormone drugs. They would not have helped my cancer type. Now that I have recurrance I will be looking for a new regimen to stop the new tumor growth.

    Breathe, pray, rest, relax, smell the roses, one day at a time. MJ
  • jnl
    jnl Member Posts: 3,869 Member
    #16
    MyTurnNow said:

    I began taking Arimidex in
    I began taking Arimidex in January '09, after completing chemo and rads for IDC. My cancer recurred in July '10. I have not meet with my onco to get the answer to the million dollar question....what's next? I've had a bilateral mastectomy so we'll see.

    Very interesting and good
    Very interesting and good post! Thanks!


    Leeza
  • sparkle1
    sparkle1 Member Posts: 242
    #17
    My doctor told me I should
    My doctor told me I should take the Tamoxifen for 5 years. My question is do you begin taking Tamoxifen after chemo or after chemo and radiation. Can you take Tamoxifen and radiation at the same time.

    Sparkle
  • natly15
    natly15 Member Posts: 1,941
    #18
    sparkle1 said:

    My doctor told me I should
    My doctor told me I should take the Tamoxifen for 5 years. My question is do you begin taking Tamoxifen after chemo or after chemo and radiation. Can you take Tamoxifen and radiation at the same time.

    Sparkle

    Began arimidex last month
    Began arimidex last month after chemo and rads. I started it about 2 or 3 weeks after radiation was completed. I will be on it for 5 years.
  • Ritzy
    Ritzy Member Posts: 4,381 Member
    #19
    mjfromtx said:

    Triple negative BC
    Since I have triple negative breast cancer I did not take any hormone drugs. They would not have helped my cancer type. Now that I have recurrance I will be looking for a new regimen to stop the new tumor growth.

    Breathe, pray, rest, relax, smell the roses, one day at a time. MJ

    This is a great post! I,
    This is a great post! I, for one, decided against taking tamox for now. I don't know if I will in the future or not. Wishing you all the best whether you take the hormone therapy or not.


    Sue :)
  • carkris
    carkris Member Posts: 4,553 Member
    #20
    natly15 said:

    Began arimidex last month
    Began arimidex last month after chemo and rads. I started it about 2 or 3 weeks after radiation was completed. I will be on it for 5 years.

    I was told i could take
    I was told i could take tamoxifen during radiation, i chose to wait, to give myself a break from meds for just a little bit.
  • survivorbc09
    survivorbc09 Member Posts: 4,374 Member
    #21
    meena1 said:

    I did not take the 5 year
    I did not take the 5 year pill, oncologist told me would not work for my type of cancer. My reoccurance occured 2 years after my original diagnosis and 1 year after i completed treatment.

    What kind of cancer Meena
    What kind of cancer Meena does tamox not work for?


    Hugs, Jan

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