getting up in the morning PAIN!

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moyarscs
moyarscs Member Posts: 20
edited June 2014 in Managing Side Effects of Breast Cancer and Its Treatment

I need ideas and help Gals     I am on Ferama and I have that morning pain and stiffness I need to know if anyone has anything that helps with it.   I get up in the morning and I feel like my body is on fire and my bedroom is up stairs and I feel like hell going down those stairs... I think I am falling down so I hold on to the side of the stairwell and railing and with every step I just I can make it ~~~~ I do have to say by the time I get to the bottom I am starting to do better but has anyone found a way to help with this issue?

thanks for your help

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  • chrissyb
    chrissyb Member Posts: 16,818
    edited November 2010

    Hi Sue Ann, do you take glucosamine and fish oil?  I take these as I also have osteoarthritis in just about every joint as well as being on Femara after changing from Arimidex a month ago.  I find these do help a lot with joint pain.  Good luck!

    Love n hugs.  chrissyb

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  • tabby
    tabby Member Posts: 135
    edited December 2010

    Sue Ann:  I don't take any meds (like tamoxifin or the femara) but have been experiencing pain.  I went to a rhematologist (because an ana test came back positive) and he thinks I have something called sera-negative arthritis (it is affecting tendons, not joints--it is quite painful either way).  For example, after riding in a car for over 30 min. I would get out sometimes and it felt like all the bones in my feet were just killing me.  Anyway, I have also heard that the drugs can make you have some joint pain so I'd get up with my oncologist and tell them about it.  Maybe they could switch your drugs.  Oh, and the rheumatologist said that cancer can make the ANA come back positive.  Anyone have any ideas on this one or experienced it?  I may post that question because that's a first for me.  Tabby

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  • catbill
    catbill Member Posts: 326
    edited December 2010

    I am on Arimidex and I have some joint pain since beginning the drug.  My treatment for myself is a nice hot shower in the morning before I do anything else.  The pain is not completely resolved but much better.  A heating pad on my back when I go to bed feels good too.

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  • valeriekd
    valeriekd Member Posts: 287
    edited December 2010

    I have been arimidex, femara and now aromasin. They all are so awful - i want to quit! meeting my onco in Ja n to see what I can do!

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