Hi everyone. Just a random question. I was diagnosed in Feb./18. My mets are to my liver (minimal), nodes and abdominal lining. I reached out here and received so much love and encouragement and I am truly thankful for you, especially the regular posters. You guys rock. Anyway, Ibrance/letrozole didn't work for me. I was then put on afinitor and exemestane. Long story short, I got really sick with a major liver abscess while on afinitor and went off of it in January. I went on daily meds to fight this infection and stopped those at the end of February. In April, my oncologist (who is amazing and really lives up to his name, Dr. Joy!) said everything was shrinking! Praise God! Since May, my side effects are disappearing- my hair is growing, I've put on weight, and I feel good overall. My fingers and knees are super sore and stiff in the morning but feel a bit better after I start moving. My question is....if side effects subside, is that a sign the meds have stopped working? I don't go for scans until August and wanted to check with my team here. Thank you so much everyone. I am so thankful that God put you all in my path....not a fun one to be on but He is good and I pray a cure comes soon!
PS: how many lines of treatment have you ladies had? Exemestane is my second one after ibrance failed after 4 months.