well thanks to everyone who responded, i figure i should give an update...
i have another 9 days of
Femara therapy left. and the lump is mostly gone...it was a nickel-sized ball with some tendril-like extensions, now it's just those tendrils and they feel much smaller...the lump itself is gone totally.
after the
Femara's done i'm gonna start on 1/4
Arimidex tab every M/W/F, and after 2-4 weeks of that i'll take another E2 measurement.
i found that my strength went down quite a bit within a week of being on the Femara, and my joints would ache much more easily...especially in exertion. bicycle riding, sex, lifting weights...all these activites found my joints aching alot earlier.
i'm glad i read the
Letrozole profile here fully before starting on it, because otherwise i would have probably injured myself worse than the author of that profile. at this point, i'm stronger than ever and have put on a good 6-7 pounds of muscle from when i started. my extra care in the gym has resulted in my gym numbers (weight/reps) going higher than ever.
i'm just curious if my initial weight loss on Femara was due to water loss via suppressed E2, since i dropped like 5 pounds in that week. i'm now heavier then when i started...i'm curious if i'll jump up in water-weight when my E2 goes up a bit.