Faslodex

Had another injection today. Feeling nauseous tonight. That's number one on the side effect list. Ugh!
The injections weren't too painful today! Woo hoo!
Here's a good explanation of what the drug does:

Faslodex does three different things to stop the growth of cancer. First, it mimics tamoxifen by blocking estrogen from attaching itself to the special receptors on cancer cells. Think of making blueberry muffins. You fill each muffin cup with batter, and any leftover batter you have at the end–too bad, nowhere to go. Faslodex “fills” a cell’s estrogen receptors, leaving no room for estrogen. Breast cancer cells deprived of their estrogen go dormant, and almost always eventually die; some even die immediately. 

In addition, Faslodex changes the shape of the estrogen receptors themselves, causing them to become less functional; and the cancer cells of patients treated with Faslodex actually show a decrease in estrogen receptors over time. So it’s a triple threat, and is called a “second line defense” against metastatic cancer, once tamoxifen et. al. have failed to be effective.

- See more at: http://www.healthcentral.com/breast-cancer/c/78/17534/cancer-faqs/#sthash.GSeZAkzZ.dpuf