Feeling good!

I know that Arimidex is of course not Tamoxifen (how clever of me), but (as many lovely ladies on here can attest to) I was petrified about starting Arimidex.  I stressed for such a long time and dreaded the day I had to start.  I actually stood at the bench with my tablets in front of me, and I could take every other tablet but left the Arimidex!  It wasn't until about five minutes later that I could actually put the tablet to my mouth, after having abused it loudly.  It is now six weeks since I began taking a tablet that, to me, was going to cause horrendous side effects to my already traumatised mind and body, but I am very fortunate to be one of the lucky ones that has suffered no side effects.  The first couple of days I was a little nauseaus and had a few headaches but they were quickly stopped in their tracks by a couple of Panadol.  Now I don't even get the headaches.  I introduced a calcium tablet and a vitamin D tablet for my bones (just in case) but I feel wonderful, I actually think that since I introduced the calcium I don't have the aches in my legs that I used to have.

Try not to worry too much about taking Tamoxifen.  I won't say "think positive" as us ladies don't like that terminolody very much, but hopefully you might be lucky like me don't get the side effects, I hope you are, but I do understand your concerns.  A lady I met along the way who started on Tamoxifen just before I started on Arimidex, has also had no side effects.  I guess in the grand scheme of things we really don't have a choice do we, we have to do everything we can to beat this mongrel of a thing and we will!

I wish you well, let us know how you go.

Dale