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sassy · 09-14-2010, 04:25 PM

Jane,

I'm five years out also and have had similiar experiences from the beginning. I would wake in the morning to both hands being "asleep", numb, tingling, painful and just about useless. I would often run hot water over my hands and rub them to "bring them back to life". I would experience the same when my hands were inactive for a perod of time. I've always felt this was more a side effect from Arimidex than anything else. Just not sure why yours would show up now, and not before. I've been taking Lasix for the past several years which has helped tremendously with the stiffness associated with Arimidex. It seems not many people have done this, but there is a tread about a recent study supporting this usage.

Hope you find some relief. PM me if you have questions about Lasix.

09-14-2010, 04:25 PM	#10
sassy Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Mountains of Virginia Posts: 2,267	Re: Neuropathy symptoms/needles in surgery arm? Jane, I'm five years out also and have had similiar experiences from the beginning. I would wake in the morning to both hands being "asleep", numb, tingling, painful and just about useless. I would often run hot water over my hands and rub them to "bring them back to life". I would experience the same when my hands were inactive for a perod of time. I've always felt this was more a side effect from Arimidex than anything else. Just not sure why yours would show up now, and not before. I've been taking Lasix for the past several years which has helped tremendously with the stiffness associated with Arimidex. It seems not many people have done this, but there is a tread about a recent study supporting this usage. Hope you find some relief. PM me if you have questions about Lasix. __________________ Rhonda (Sassy) dx age 45 DX 2/15/05 Stage IIb (at surgery)restaged IIIa Left mast .9cm tumor 5 of 14 nodes Triple Positive 4 DD A/C 12 Taxol/Herceptin 33Rads Strange infect mast site one year aft surg, hosp 1 wk Herceptin for total of 18 months Lupron Monthly 4 yrs Neurontin for aches, pains and hot flashes(It works!) Ovaries removed 11/09 stop Lupron and Neurontin Arimidex 6 yrs (tried Femara, no SE improvement) Tried Exemestane-hips got so bad could hardly walk Back to Arimidex for year seven Zometa 2X Annual for 7years, Lasix Stop Arimidex 5/13 Stop Zometa 7/13-Bi-lateral Stress Fractures in Femurs from Zometa 5/14 Start Tamoxifen 3/15 Stem cell transplant to stimulate femur bone growth/healing 5/15 Complete fracture of right femur/Titanium rods both femurs 9/16 Start Evista stopTamoxifen 3/17 Stop Evista--unwelcome side effects! NED and no meds....... 14YEARS NED! Last edited by sassy; 09-14-2010 at 04:28 PM..