I too got bad muscle aches and pain with arimidex. I am on my feet long hours at work each day. I told my oncologist and he put me on aromasin instead. I still get some muscle aches but not as severe...
Bern, I can only imagine how hard this must be for you now after all you have gone though the last year. Try not to get to upset over the weight gain, its probably alot of water gain and once you get...
I have a question. I am estrogen + and I just found out that a lot of fast food places use soy oil to deep fat fry there foods. So if I am not suppose to eat soybean does that include the soy oil...
Welcome, hope everythings goes well for you and wish you luck focal thickening may not mean anything. It just means your has thicker tissue or dense tissue as doctors say in on area or spot. That is...
wow fun in the sun!! sounds great, by the time you read this you will be back aready. So tell us all about it and send pictures k. Just what you needed right now huh! Enjoy and have a great time....
well by no means do I know everything about aromason, but I work 13hrs shifts and now with this medicine my job is more do able. I do get some ankle and arch pain in my feet but nothing like I got...
Its so interesting how these different medicines affect each person differently. I just wanted to share the experince I had and let people know there are other opinions out there and your not stuff...
Just a little FYI Say I just wanted to share something that I learned with my experince with these two meds. See I started arimidex right after my radiation treatments stopped I took it for 6 months....
wonderful..happy for you guess me crossing everything possible and looking like a pretzel helped ....lol no really that is great, glad you found out before the holiday.. happy easter and enjoy the...
well my pink feathers are flying high... I am sprinkling pink sparkly good luck dust too.. my feathers will be flying until I hear your out of surgery and doing ok... good luck ... have fingers...
Bern, Don't go into a shell k share with us when you can and want to... going into a shell will make your mind whirl... a whirling mind is hard to control... just makes you feel worse... Don't you...
Bern: I am so sorry to hear that.. I know you must be scared to death now.. I will keep my fingers crossed and hope the best for you when they do the bronchoscope and bx's.. This is a terrible...
Bern, I had mine removed at the same time as my surgery before radiation. I had chemo first then surgery. I told my surgeon to remove it the onco doc and surgeon and both agreed to it. They also said...
I know what you mean I just read about Shelly too she looked so full of life and its hard to believe someone so young was taken from us so soon in her life. I didn't know her either. When you read...
Bern, how did your first radiation tx go?? Gosh I remember my first one it was a breeze and I was scared to death. It went great and so did all of my other tx's. I never got overly tired either. I...
gosh Ellen so sorry we all let you down. I haven't been on the internet in over a week so didn't read your message till now. Good luck in the Ct, hope results are good, man its hard to deal with some...
I can relate to what your talking about . My onc put me on 75mg of effexor and it works wonders. My flashes are all but gone. occasionally I get a sweaty face but not bad and only last a few mins but...
Your web page is cool and so neat to see your family. Wow Chantry is a cutie. You know you look good in hats. I always look terrible in a hat so never wore them. My hair has grown back now and so...
congrates, I remember that day for me It felt great. You will be surprised how quick radiation will go for you. I was nervous the first visit and first treatment, but was surprised how simple and...
Congrats .....you've come along way girl...I hope the next year is full of joy and fun for all of us... skeeter1...
Holiday decorations are overwhelming in themselves, so can only imagine how having to do everything since hubby isn't able to must be very hard. I do get tired. I have been doing xmas shopping along...
Say Guys ...Skeeter... has been doing great too...So sorry I haven't posted lately not cause I don't think of you all, I have been very busy since the first of Oct. I started back to work full time...
Gosh I think I was very lucky with my hair I only had the fussy cat fur on my neck otherwise my hair came back with light curls and normal looking. I have dyed my hair twice now. I put it a light...
well girls the luncheon was great there were 220 people there more then I thought would be. We had a speaker she was a 30yr survivor and a Dr in womens health she was funny and interesting. They gave...
Good luck but already know everything will be fine... let us know how it goes k skeeter1...
You know JUJU I get that too and I am on arimidix too, it comes and goes. I started taking mag 300mg a day and omega3 1 tab 1000mg (Norwegian salmon oil) daily and I have no scientic evidence that it...
we all are very close to each other I haven't got my hair trimmed yet waiting for it to get alittle longer. I had a lot of white in my hair too and it came back with light curls. I colored it over a...
Tammy, I am on my second week back to work now too. I do 12hr shifts my legs are doing better then I thought I got a doc's prescript for compression panty hose and they work great on my legs when I...
Bern, Everything your are going through you have a right to voice what you are feeling so don't feel bad about telling us what you are feeling and thinking, your postings have not been grumpy in...
Bern, I have never met you but feel close to you because of all the things we have shared together. This had to be a terrible moment when they told you about the lungs and spleen and what they found....
I take caltrateD/plus for calcium and magnesium 300mg and now I will go back on my omega3 thanks to Laure. I also take a multivit too. I notice that when I took the mag and the omega3 for that week...
I work as a nurse on a surgical unit... yikes 12hr excited to get back to work, nerves on how good of shape I am for the 12hrs oh well won't know until you try huh!!! so gonna take my omega3 too now...
I called my onco office and left a message with the nurse practioner that works with my doc but have to wait until monday when she gets back to find out if its ok to take omega3 from salmon for leg...
I didn't have to take herceptin so I really don't know alot about the leg and muscle pain you get from it, but in the mornings I sometimes wake up with pain in my feet and calves, I started to take...
I will be returning back to work on monday. Yikes!! I have no lifting restrictions either. I had 7 lymphnodes removed. I have full range of motions. They way I look at it I never had any muscles cut...
I am so discouraged and upset. I decided now that my hair is growing some I would go without my wig. My hair is short, very short but if feels better to be without the wig in such hot weather. It...
Thanks for the advise. I decided to quit taking flaxseed and soy I just don't know enough about it and wouldn't want to do anything to make the cancer come back thanks... skeeter1...
Does anyone know if you can take flaxseed and soy nuts ect while on arimidex? I have been reading alot about the phytoestrogens. See I wonder if you take arimidex and digest flaxseed and/or soy...
Way to goooo.... I graduated too... now its back to normal life.... I start back to work at my normal job the 3rd of Oct... wish me luck I will be working 12hr shifts day/night rotation.. looking...
I ordered checks at deluxe.com with pink roses and some of the proceeds goes to Susan Komen...skeeter1...
Kathy: good luck hope all goes well for you.. I was on my road to start RN school in Aug and was taking my last college class I needed to start the program when I was diagnosised with cancer.. bummer...
Sorry it took me so long to answer. We are very close to the same with our cancer and treatment. My doc put me on arimedex though instead. I am doing fine on it no side effects yet anyway.. I take...
Bernadette: sorry I missed the shaving party... yikes!!!!! I had a hard time too with the shaving of my head. I had hair down to the middle of my back and it was straight. I had DS shave if off...
well went to my oncologist today and he put me on armidex. I guess my lab work came back and I am in menapause now... they did testing before chemo and I was premenapausal so guess in the few short...
that medicine is neurotin. I don't know to much about it being used for hot flashes... it is used for pain, think some of us are on it right now too.skeeter1...
Tammy: I go to my oncologist tomorrow too and think I will be started on tamoxifan too. I am a little leary too and wonder how it will affect me. I already gained 15lbs so really don't want to gain...
WOW!!! I agree with Sara you should write a book. lol I enjoyed reading what you wrote but can't imagine how miseriable you must be feeling with the sting and reactions and all. Take care of your...
Donna A: so glad you found us but sorry your a breast cancer buddy too. This forum has been a lifesaver for me. When I first started posting here I was so depressed and upset with what was happening...
Brnadette: I really think you need to sit down with your PC too and ask all the questions you have and hopefully he/she will be able to answer them so you can understand, and know the reasoning...
I had radiation along the bottom rib line, from my sternum to my armpit but that was the only area uumm wonder why you have it so high????....skeeter1...