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Arimidex cause hip pain?
Does Arimidex cause hip pain? Actually I have back and knee pain also but the hip pain is the worse. I had a bone scan a month ago and it did not show any bone mets. Thank goodness! But the pain continues and seems to be worse at times. I am also very stiff when getting up. Seems like I just don't bend well anymore. I take ibuprofen twice a day but that doesn't seem to be helping anymore. I will continue to take the Arimidex because my tumors were 100% estrogen positive but this pain is wearing on my nerves. The bone scan showed a lot of degenerative changes so maybe I'm just getting old? Also I have the nagging fear in the back of my mind of how do I know pain from arthritis from pain from cancer?
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Cathy
Routine mammogram 6-29-11
Ultrasound 7-5-11
Biopsy 7-11-11
Right modified radical mastectomy 7-18-11 with 7 out of 24 lymph nodes positive
Stage IIIC, Grade 3, Estrogen + 100%, HER2 +
Had 5 tumors in right breast, none of which showed up on the mammogram (What showed up on mamm was a lymph node)
Lymphatic vascular invasion
Lymphedema right arm (started shortly after surgery)
TCH started August 15, 2011
Finished Taxotore and Carboplatin 11-28-11
Radiation x 36 - finished Feb. 3, 2012
Herceptin weekly for 1 year - finished 8-13-12
Arimidex started Feb. 2012 for 5 years
Left prophylactic total mastectomy March of 2012
Arimidex stopped August 2014 due to side effects
Aromasin started Sept. 2014
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