When my mom was diagnosed with breast cancer her tumour was so large, penetrating the skin and was fungating because she had kept it to herself and not reached out for medical help for eight years. She was put on letrozole and over time the drainage stopped and the tumour shrink in size. Fast forward 2 1/2 years and she is in incredible pain - we’ve put in calls to GP, breast care nurses and consultant.
I am considering telling her to stop taking the letrozole for now and just see what happens - he case is a little different as he tumour was never removed so it’s inevitable it would grow back over time, but I wonder how long and surely if the drainage started again she can hop back on the letrozole and it will dry it up again. When she was diagnosed the consultant said her breast cancer is not a type that spreads so I don’t think we would have concerns over spreading.
I just feel right now she has the most awful life, she has become housebound with the pain, not dressing, washing or feeding herself properly. There could be other issue in addition to this but I’m really thinking to get any quality of life back stopping the medication would be sensible because as it stands her life isn’t one worth living as awful as that sounds.
What are your thoughts?