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Pain/mood management
Pain is an issue for all of us at (most) times during treatment. I've taken the usual assortment of painkillers on offer and they all work on me. They come on slowly and then wear off and I try to hur...
Back again @PatsyN - there is another side effect to Arimidex (and an important one, so I’m surprised I forgot it!) and that’s loss of bone density. I’ve been having bone density scans for a couple of years due to early menopause. My left hip is a problem area and has deteriorated further since taking Arimidex. My oncologist said it’s not in the danger zone yet but I have started 6 monthly prolia injections. My next scan is in August so fingers crossed it hasn’t worsened.
All the exercise and calcium hasn’t made much difference to me but I know many of the ladies have had great success in reversing bone loss x
All the exercise and calcium hasn’t made much difference to me but I know many of the ladies have had great success in reversing bone loss x