Hi Patti, I was also diagnosed in lockdown. Stage 2 Her2 negative. Had lumpectomy and radiotherapy. Put on letrozole on diagnosis and my tumour shrank by 50%while waiting for surgery. The side effects were terrible so switched to Exemestane. This was better but not much. I put on lots of weight, hot flushes and shivers, joint pain. After talking things over with my oncologist I stopped the drug altogether after 2 years or so. At age 68 we felt my quality of life mattered. But a workmate who got BC just before me died this morning, and that had freaked me out a bit. She had always been told she was treatable not curable, but still.,,,,,,,  I feel tired, depressed and afraid much of the time. Lockdown plus GP surgery not really working properly even now means I have never really had any follow up from my GP. Though the cancer centre in Edinburgh is great and they listen if I call with any worries. It’s tough though. 

Hi Patti, I was also diagnosed in lockdown. Stage 2 Her2 negative. Had lumpectomy and radiotherapy. Put on letrozole on diagnosis and my tumour shrank by 50%while waiting for surgery. The side effects were terrible so switched to Exemestane. This was better but not much. I put on lots of weight, hot flushes and shivers, joint pain. After talking things over with my oncologist I stopped the drug altogether after 2 years or so. At age 68 we felt my quality of life mattered. But a workmate who got BC just before me died this morning, and that had freaked me out a bit. She had always been told she was treatable not curable, but still.,,,,,,,  I feel tired, depressed and afraid much of the time. Lockdown plus GP surgery not really working properly even now means I have never really had any follow up from my GP. Though the cancer centre in Edinburgh is great and they listen if I call with any worries. It’s tough though.