I was on tamoxifen for 5 years, which finished at the end of last year.
After 3 months off hormone therapy and 2 blood tests to check my status, I’m officially post-menopausal and I’m starting Letrozole now for another 5 years. My nurse sent me the latest guidance and studies that show that for my type of tumour there are large benefits/reduced recurrence risk to continue with hormone therapy for another 5 years, so I decided to go ahead.
My question is about the Letrozole side effects: I read all the posts talking about it, but they are about women taking hormone therapy for the first time. Anyone changed to it after 5 years on tamoxifen? Is your body used to oestrogen-blockers by now, and so will I have much fewer effects?
I know it’s a question of wait and see, everyone’s different, but I’d like to have some idea… my nurse said she didn’t know.