Who else can't sleep?

@kmakm yes yes to magnesium. Tablet form an hour before bed. Got a footbath? Epsom salts in that too. Magnesium spray on belly.
...also agree with that too.
What time are you taking other meds? At the young womens' support group I go to, those ladies who have been on Tamoxifen and other hormone inhibitors say taking it at 830pm is best. This is following the research that our bodies process most of our hormones between 9-11pm, a little like our brains process abd clear out waste materials while we sleep. 
On this front, your mind is pretty dirty at the moment Kate! (Sorry couldn't miss that opportunity)

@kmakm maybe u can try it in the belly to help with sleep. 

@"Kiwi Angel" @tigerbeth OK. Magnesium spray for my ankles it is!

Good luck @kezmusc. I hope you'll get on top of it this time. K xox

@kmakm Kate try the magnesium, oils/spray the magnesium you ingest doesn't stay in your body , the topical magnesium seems to be way more effective . 
Seems to be doing the trick at the moment , 
fingers crossed it keeps working ! 

@kezmusc funny how it affects people so differently I’ll be sure to keep I posted how I go. 

@kmakm a woman I work with has just started using a magnesium spray for sore muscles and she swears by it and thinks its amazing - she also said if u spray it on your stomach it can help with sleep. I was going to get some but I looked on the herbs app and there is a contradiction with blood pressure meds so I can’t use it  :s. 

I would kill for a full nights sleep. I get home and I’m freezing so turn the electric blanket on and then turn it off just when I’m about to go to sleep. I doze off really quickly for about 1/2 hr and then get woken up by my first hot flush. After this it’s just a cycle of tossing and turning all night with flushes and an aching hip and knee, normally wide awake for awhile about 3-3-30am. Got some sleeping tablets when I first started chemo but don’t want to try one when I have to work the next day or when I have had any alcohol - should of had one last night  :/

Hey @"Kiwi Angel" and @Sister.

Thank you for thinking of me. Well, for some, the SE do settle after 6months, 12months.  The lady I have been talking to said it took her two years to get it under control.  I was talking to my BCN yesterday and she says from what she sees it's about a 50 50 split on who continues with it and who bails out due to their SE's.
I've thought about all the other options but this one is supposed to be the lesser of two evils. LOL

On a good note KiwiAngel,  I've had no swelling, lost weight and it's halved my cholesterol.  So yay for that bit. You might be fine.  The sooner you start, the sooner you'll know I guess.

Fingers and toes crossed.  xoxoxo

@kmakm - the magnesium tablets and a nightly epsom salts soak may help (who's going to tell you off for taking a nice bath when it's medicinal) - here's me talking out of the proverbial since I have yet to experience the joys of hormone therapy.  @arpie has just been put on a different drug - it may be worth following her progress.  As for the hot flushes, I think you just have to ride that one out as I believe most of the remedies probably aren't good for us except for the most drastic one and you've probably had your fill of surgery.
You're ahead of me - I haven't had a full night's sleep since 5 December.  I don't know how I am going to manage when I do go back to work.  Kip in the compactus, maybe.

Bloody hell @kezmusc NOT FAIR!

Oh @Joannie, that's so rotten. I'm having tinnitus issues too. They've noticeably increased in the last week. My other main one is constipation... Honestly, if you'd told me a major side effect of all my breast cancer treatment would be constipation I would have laughed. Not laughing now...

I'm definitely finding the aching ankles come in waves. They started bad, eased up for a fortnight, got bad again for two weeks, eased up for one and are now starting to ache badly once again. The ache never goes away though. And the last few days my hands and wrists have started to be affected.

I don't know if it's affecting my mood. It's hard to know where diagnosis, treatment, chemopause and the AI start and where they stop! I'm not too teary or grumpy but I do find I have to force myself out of the house more than I used to. And I'm much more clingy with my husband than before. The confidence that came easily now has to be worked on.

I want to stick Letrozole out for six months if I can. I've got ten years to be on an AI so I have to be patient and determined. If I can tough some of this out I will.

It helps to not feel alone Joannie. I hope you feel the same way. You never sound negative. Always calm and determined. We'll hang in there together. K xox

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