The Aromatase Inhibitors made me horribly ill, heart and high blood pressure, numb painful hands and feet. After 2 years I chose quality of life. Did Lupron shots for a year, then chose to have my ovaries removed because Medicare was not covering the cost very well nor providing Reclast or similar, and I knew I was not having any more children. Good luck.

Hi Melinda nice to read your post . I am on Anastrozole daily pills and Goserelin shot monthly. So far these 2 are going well . Occasionally I get bone pains but nothing too drastic. I'm sorry to hear that you have osteoporosis. I wish you the best . Thank you for the heads up about drinking lots of water after each shot .

My Dr did labs on me and found out that I am now in menopause so I was switched from tamoxifen to letrezole. I first tried a different post menopause one but it was too hard on my body so after a few weeks on letrezole my body adjusted ok. Thank goodness that there is resources on this forum that will help us with what to expect when going through the journey of breast cancer.

I take Exemestane daily and I get the Lupron injection once a month. I’m guesstimating, but I’ve been getting Lupron shots for almost 5 years now and I’m on a 10 year treatment plan Stage 2A BC (IDC) (my first year of treatment, I was taking Tamoxifen and hated it. Luckily, my Onco switched me to an aromatase inhibitor and the Lupron shot after the 1rst year of taking the medication because when I was on chemo, it kicked me into early menopause). Over the past 6 years of my breast cancer journey, I’ve had to deal with a lot of side effects (most prominently, the hot flashes, which I still deal with every day 😩) but so far, my experience with the Lupron shot has been a really good one. I try not to look at the needle because it’s a long one 😝, but with the rare occasion, the injections aren’t painful (I get them in my butt cheeks) and I usually don’t feel them.

Have Lupron shots every 3 months, taking anastrozole and seems to be keeping cancer at bay. Hot flashes are usually the worst for me right after getting the shot, after that I usually don't have it too bad.