Advice needed please

Hi Maggs, so sorry to hear about your latest issues, and I hope that you get some satisfactory answers after your ultrasound and biopsy today. I have also had several surgeries over the last year, 5 in total, but things have improved alot now, so I will keep my fingers crossed that you too are now on the mend. Ater my chemo I spent 4 months on Tamoxifen, until the oncologist was sure that I had gone through menopause, ( I was 53 ). I have since been swapped to femara and have been on that for 8 months. I would prefer to be on the tamoxifen, as I didn't seem to have any side effects to that. Yes, I had hot flushes, but I have been having these for many years now. Initally the femara caused me no side effects, but then they started to develop after about 3 months. I still get the hot flushes, but they seemed to change their pattern. What I hate is the joint pain and stiffness, and the funny fingers. In the morning they are very stiff and I can't make a fist. Gradually this improves over the morning, but I have trigger fingers on both hands and it is weird. Earlier on, I found that my legs just ached, and every joint hurt, and rolling over in bed, or getting out of the car was painful and difficult. Things have improved alot since then, so don't dispair. I have started to take fish oil, as well as Blackmores Lyprinol ( green lipped mussel ). These have really helped, and I realised this when I had to cease the fish oil for a month around Christmas when I had my final stage of reconstruction done. My aches and pains came back with vengeance. Now back on the fish oil, and 3 weeks into lyprinol, my side effects are not so bad. Still have the hot flushes, but not as intense as before, leg aches and pains have gone, but I still hobble like an old lady for the first few steps after getting out of the car or bed, and I can't crouch down, ( knees too stiff ), but I can still kneel. Good luck today, and try to persevere with the femara, as it is supposed to be the best drug for us if we are menopausal. I want to give this my best shot. Love Chris xx