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v-ness · 07-25-2012, 07:46 AM

i seem to have a headache almost every day. not an awful one, but annoying all the same. my body aches a lot, particularly my back when laying down. i have been taking Motrin, but i am not psyched about that because of liver issues with arimidex and another med i am on. hardly need to be adding something else to the mix. lastly, i feel so fatigued. i get through the workday and workout, but in the evening i am wiped out. i also feel rather weepy, but that could also be because of my friend's newly diagnosed cancer. bringing memories to the forefront of that time of my life, and seems like the last straw at times in terms of how much cancer i can stand in my life. not that there's jack i can do about it, right?

weary. v

07-25-2012, 07:46 AM	#10
v-ness Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: western ma Posts: 280	Re: arimidex side effects. i seem to have a headache almost every day. not an awful one, but annoying all the same. my body aches a lot, particularly my back when laying down. i have been taking Motrin, but i am not psyched about that because of liver issues with arimidex and another med i am on. hardly need to be adding something else to the mix. lastly, i feel so fatigued. i get through the workday and workout, but in the evening i am wiped out. i also feel rather weepy, but that could also be because of my friend's newly diagnosed cancer. bringing memories to the forefront of that time of my life, and seems like the last straw at times in terms of how much cancer i can stand in my life. not that there's jack i can do about it, right? weary. v __________________ 8/09 - IDC 1.8 cm triple positive, lumpectomy left breast 10/09 began chemo (taxotere & carboplatin) and weekly herceptin. 1/21/10 finished chemo, continued on herceptin every 3 weeks until 10/2010. 2/10 began 7 wks of radiation 6/10 mom dies of primary peritoneal ovarian cancer 8/10 got my last remaining ovary out 10/10 mammogram all clear 3/11 MRI shows 5 'spots' in right breast, largest 1 cm unidentifiable on US needle biopsy proved the largest to be old inflamed cyst -phew! 7/10 switched to Arimidex 8/9 switched to Femara - allergic to arimidex Femara made me lose hair quickly so switched to Aromasin Aromasin made my hair fall out too and the bone pain was too much. back on Tamoxifen 1/2013. blood clot from trains and planes 5/2014 so on coumadin per onco for as long as i am on tamoxifen tamoxifen was supposed to be up with my 5 yrs in may but my boyfriend was diagnosed with stage 4 colon cancer so i am staying on tamoxifen indefinitely because i want some ammo against BC, given the stress. lost my husband in only 10 wks in 2007 to stage 4 esophageal cancer. cancer's screwing with another man i love 2/2016 - 6yrs in remission, off tamoxifen and off coumadin - yay!