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| 1 | breast cancer | hair, trouble urinating, nausia in morning, ache all over weakness, | befor. taking Arimidex my kidney function was great, until the spring of this year, now I have a steady decline in kidney function. anyone else have a problem with kidney function, please contact me as I will be meeting with DR next week. | F | 74 | 18 days | 11/29/2007 | 2 | Stage3 BC 6 nodes mast /prof mast. | severe joint pain mostly knees,fingers,elbows. Constant numbness/tingling in feet/hands useless in the AM/fall asleep at unpredictable times. Almost narcolepsy. Hugele annoying ringing in left ear. Long bone pain in legs though not as bad as what I experienced with taxol. Does anyone else have the ear ringing in one ear? My hearing is excellent. Just had extensive tests. Dry mouth/eyes. Red stretched skin on hands. Tightness 24/7 in hands. Foggy thinking much of the time. hard to get the brain in gear. Once it's in gear, it's okay. Near OCD behavior in stores.I canspend hours walking around a store, staring at little things, and too often end up overspending on god knows what. Anyone out there like this? | Am on Cymbalta, Neurontin for symptoms. It's much worse without those meds. Also taking 80mg of adderall throughout the day just to stay awake! Have not fallen asleep at the wheel, but have had to pull into parking lots for impromptu naps. Of course, I'd been blaming most things on taxol. Had dose dense ac/taxol +radiation before arimidex. I'm trying infrared therapy. I've had 6 surgeries, including most recently tram flap.Will have one more in jan to reshape beast and cut down scar tissue. Sure glad to see I'm not alone with these symptoms. Hope to see if any of you have the other wierd symptoms.Maybe the mind foggieness manifests itself in different ways w/ Arimides. All this said, I'm not quitting. I'm still not convinced it isn't taxol doing this..I've blamed taxol for everything,including Bush's re election, so maybe I'm just biased.. | F | 56 | 3 years | 11/28/2007 | 5 | Stage IIIb breast cancer | joint pain (mild to severe), constant hot flashes, weight gain... | I thank god everyday for this drug. Studies continue to come out showing how effective it is. I believe it has saved my life. I do not like the side effects, but I'll put up with them any day to prevent recurrence of cancer. Eyes on the prize, folks. I would crawl from the join paint if it meant being cancer free. I am hoping to join a clinical trial to take it longer than the regular 5 years. | F | 54 | 4 years | 11/20/2007 | 4 | Breast Cancer | Hot flashes, night sweats, fatigue and joint pain. But since I can't tolerate Tamoxifen and need one or the other for the next 5 years I'll happily put up with the side effects. If I don't take it for the full 5 years I increase my chances of the cancer recurring by 15%. | The joint pain has dulled (or I'm getting used to it). I wasn't happy about going through menopause AGAIN (and neither was my family) but understand the need to do it. I'm just so glad that there's an alternative to Tamoxifen! | F | 60 | 3 months | 11/19/2007 | 2 | breast cancer | Aches and pains especially in hips and knees. Aching legs at night that wake me constantly. Weight gain, lethargy and weakness. Legs feel heavy if I'm trying to rush around. | It's better than the alternative of risking the cancer coming back but my life seems to have totally changed. I thought the diagnosis was awful, then you go through chemo and radio and kind of imagine you can try and draw a line under it all. NO WAY.....it lasts forever, certainly while taking Arimidex anyway. Good luck everyone...keep strong.....x | F | 46 | 6 days | 11/19/2007 | 3 | Breast Cancer - to shrink the tumor | Acute neuropathy, peripheral and autonomic. Low blood pressure, dizziness, constant joint and muscle pain, no balance - using walker, constipation - anal sphincter has stopped working, no muscle strength, can't drive or function, breathing problem. | Arimidex did shrink the tumor very well. Now that it's operable, though, I don't feel like I could survive surgery. Every week I have gotten weaker, lost feeling or function. I am only taking Arimidex, no other drugs, have had extensive tests that show no other cause. I have always been strong, but this stuff has me beat down. I guess I should have the surgery and stop taking the drug at the same time. Maybe I can get some strength back and have some kind of life left. This has been hell. | F | 60 | 6 months | 11/17/2007 | 4 | Breast Cancer with nods removed | Leg Pain, Hair thinning, Depressed but the Zoloft helps alot, no sex drive, baically I really have no had any severe side effects. I could not understand why hair in tub after shower, but after reading all the other comments now I know why. I can live with the small side effects I have while Arimdex does it job. | F | 43 | 4 months | 11/16/2007 | 4 | breast cancer stg 1 | vaginal and skin dryness, fatigue, facial hair | effects all were mild. I am postmenopausal so cannot definitively name drug as cause. Only the fatigue has affected my life; and the chance to stay cancer free certainly outweighs that. | F | 75 | 4 years | 11/13/2007 | 1 | Lumpectomy, chemo, radiation | I had severe joint pain, shooting pains up my lower back, insomnia, itching, swelling in arms and legs, worsened cholesterol readings, and this drug caused high liver readings on blood tests by another doctor (not my oncologist-who didn't perform these tests) | I teach yoga and other fitness classes part time and this drug was so bad that I was not able to teach without being in intense, severe pain. Everything was swollen, itching, and I couldn't sleep and I felt like I had the flu all the time--not to mention the severe pain in my joints and lower back even without teaching. It was worse than chemo. I taught nine classes a week on chemo yet I couldn't on this drug. I'm clear of the bc and I was taking this for added insurance against reoccurance but, quite frankly, I'll take the risk. I'm not going through 5 years of a horrible painful life. Plus they really don't know who is helped by this drug and who isn't. It would have given me another 12%-which means that 88% of women my age and with my same type of breast cancer who had already had surgery, chemo, and radiation weren't helped by it. So they just throw everything at you--hoping some of it will work. I don't think the medical community makes that very clear to us. A lot of women are on | F | 51 | 3 months | 11/10/2007 | 1 | Breast cancer.. | Loss of hair. I have more hair under my armpits than on my head. I have LOST 26 lbs in one yr. Sleeping is awful and my legs are cold all the time. I am 62 yrs old and feel mean and ugly. I would rather have a good bowel movement than sex. Tonight I will STOP taking Aeimidex!.com | F | 62 | 2 days | 11/7/2007 | 2 | Breast cancer | Joint pain all over body, but especially in hips, knees and feet. Bone pain in legs, insomnia because of aching legs at night. Hard to get out of bed or out of a chair. Fatigue, osteoarthritis in knees, neck and lower back, fluid retention, foggy brain, depression, weight gain. | I had a mastectomy 10 years ago as well as 7 months chemo and 6 weeks radiotherapy. Was put on Tamoxifen for 6 years then put on Arimidex. I have been on that for 3 years and until I found this website I thought all my aches and pains were me getting old. I asked my breast doctor if I could come off it and he knew about all the side effects, although he didn't warn me when he put me on it. After only 2 days off the medication, I felt a lot better and now hardly have any pain at all. Even my chiropractor has noticed a difference. When I was put on Arimidex, it was only a new drug, so I think I may have been used as a guinea pig. I now see that a hospital in Australia where I live are conducting a trial for women who have a family history of breast cancer, to see if it will stop them getting cancer. | F | 62 | 3 years | 11/5/2007 | 1 | BC, stage 1, lumpectomy, chemo, rad | Terrible back, shoulder pain; unbearable numbness and tingling in arms and hands; hip and leg pain; headaches; stiffness when sitting too long; swollen arms and hands. | This stuff is awful. The pain started within the first three days of taking it. When the numbness and tingling started during the third week, I called the doctors office and was told by the nurse that she never heard of such a thing--made feel like it was all in my head. I took it only six weeks and told the doctor I was quitting. I'm a very active and healthy person (other then the permanent damage caused by the chemo), I can tolerate a lot of pain, but feeling lousy 24/7 was too much. | F | 52 | 6 weeks | 10/31/2007 | 2 | Breast Cancer Stage One | Insomnia; Weight gain; hot flashes; severe joint pain; fatigue; trigger fingers; vaginal dryness; dental problems; cognitive problems, difficulty concentrating. | Afraid to stop this drug, but very unhappy on it. Tried Tamoxifen but hot flashes were intolerable. Quality of life has diminished. Feel I have aged 20yrs. in 8 months. | F | 65 | 8 months | 10/30/2007 | 1 | breast cancer | vaginal bleeding, cramps,pms,back ache,fatigue | F | 66 | 6 months | 10/29/2007 | 2 | Breast Cancer | Bone pain - higher blood presser | F | 54 | 2 years | 10/27/2007 | 3 | breast cancer | weight gain; hot flashes; joint, bone, & muscle pain in legs, hips, feet. | I have taken Arimidex for approximately 2 years. The hot flashes, weight gain, & vaginal dryness started immediately. The joint, bone, & muscle pain started after a year or so and has become very painful. I have gotten a massage a few times and it allievated the pain but only for a few days at most. I feel like I am much older than I really am. My mobility and activity have decreased drastically. I plan to join a gym for weight training and cardio work to see if that will help. I am certainly hoping it does. | F | 53 | 2 years | 10/25/2007 | 4 | Cancer Rt Breast November 2005 3a | Joint pain ankles,feet,knees. Recently changes in vision but have had cataract surgery twice in last year. Cataracts were prior to Arimidex. Some question as to if I had glaucoma at the time. Have to see eye specialist to check this. Major mood changes. Like two personalities. Have reported so many people nobody takes any notice now. Was in my Mrs Hyde personna those days. Anxiety,depression really bad but people very supportive. Dry eyes and mouth.Could be cause of vision loss I think. | Plan to take Arimidex at night. This means I wake up during the night with joint pain which is sometimes so bad I can't move. Seems common to have that. Will drink much more fluid,stay away from alcohol!!! Always take Vit D and Calcium. Walk at least five K daily. Have actually lost weight so I'm lucky. Try to eat right foods,no added salt. BP was up before but now is actually down most of the time. Need to lift weights or something but don't know how. Will try to control my moods because I know it will pass. There is an exercise trial here soon so I hope I get in. I now keep a Tylenol on my bedside table and take one before bed. Better than muscle or joint pain. Good luck to fellow suffers I think I got off pretty well. Some of you are so young too. | F | 67 | 22 months | 10/23/2007 | 3 | early stage breast cancer | The worst one is explosive diarrhea and severe cramping. I also feel quite listless and have returned to the wonderful world of hot flashes that wake me up at night. then there is the lower back pain and hip pain (which was there previously, but worse now). I also have the fuzzy brain syndrome. | After reading all these comments, I, too, am concerned that the side effects were not discussed, and I feel like a guinea pig because I agreed to be in some sort of study of the drug. I also take gabapentin (neurotin) 800 mg a day for neuropathy. I can't stand feeling any clothing over mastectomy area and the gabapentin is supposed to help, but I can't say it does. | F | 65 | 3 days | 10/22/2007 | 4 | BC stage3 ,4nodes | joint pain, sleeplessness, decreased libido, fatigue, mild to moderate depression | I thank God this drug came out on the market just as I finished treatments(Chemo, radiation). It seemed the best "fit"for my type of Ca. and so far seems to be doing the job. I am feeling very down though about how I feel and wonder if the side effects increase the longer you are on the drug? I have been on it for a little over two yrs. I have done very little in the way of exercise/diet. Any suggestions? I just discovered this site and feel so encouraged that all this isn't just me. I thank God for this treatment but would welcome any suggestions on how to better deal with these side effects. | F | 60 | 2 years | 10/21/2007 | 2 | bc stage 2b 1 lymph node | horrible joint pain, no sex drive, weight gain. faitgue, memory loss, forgetfullness | if this is what it takes to saty alive to see my 4 kids grow up then so be it. but it does compare to the terrible joint pain chemo gave me and this you have to put up with for 5 years | F | 38 | 6 months | 10/21/2007 |