too much pain

Hi Lynne, how long have you been on Arimidex, and do you mind me asking how old you are? I was very interested in what you were saying about your side effects, yours too Leonie. I too am fed up with the side effects of these Aromatose inhibitors. I have been on Femara now since the end of August, and for a several months I didn't have too many troubles, but now I'm well and truely over it. I hate this drug. I have leg pain all day now, not terribly bad, but really annoying because it doesn't let up. My hips hurt, especially on bed, and my fingers are very stiff in the morning and I can't easily make a fist, and I am developing trigger fingers in some fingers. When I stand up after sitting for any length of time, I hobble like an old lady, but I'm only 53, and my plantar fascititis which was finally cured 6 months ago has started to flare up again. I hate the insomnia that also accompanies this, so at night I am struggling. Because of my tissue expanders, I find it hard to sleep comfortably anyway, and so all these side effects seem magnified during the many hours that I try to fall asleep, and of course the horrid hot flushes just add to my woes. I will start my fish oil tablets again, soon after my final surgery tomorrow, but with my tendency towards hematomas, I will need a few more weeks off it. I do think they have helped, as my femara side effect have been at their worse these last few weeks, and that is the time frame that I have been off the fish oil. I wish you both well with your side effects, and hope that they will lessen sooner rather than later. Love Chris xx