FEMARA

yes, actually cholesterol is needed to build cells and statins are very very bad. Two walnuts a day are my secret weapon. Searcg foods that lower cholesterol

joint and pain in the shoulder after laying down for a long period ?? Whole body also feels stiffs swell? Is this from the Fermara

Am so stiff in the AM hard to get out of bed. Get cramps in my calf at night and it's hard to sit up over the edge of the bed to press my foot into the floor tofix it

cloesmom, I get the same and some days are better and some worse. I don't think it's going to get worse than it is now.

ThinkingPositive, for me the letrozole pain, stiffness, and swelling improve or go away after a few minutes of careful movement. If I am still for too long I have to start over.

I agree with the comments about stiffness. If I stay in one position too long I feel it. Once I get moving, it goes away.

Chloesmom, can you describe your thumb pain? I've just recently started having a weird thing happen where it feels like the joint is unstable or something is popping/moving. It is really weird but goes away as fast as it comes. I can't figure out what brings it on to reproduce it or figure it out. Is that what yours is like?

Thumbs hurt at the joint so that if I massage my palmnear the web space between the thumb and index finger it feels bruised. Makes it hard to hold a pencil to write

That affects the tendons at the base of the thumb that extend your thumb out to the side. I had that years ago from lifting my baby. What I have now is deep joint pain. Hurts into the palm when I bring thumb in along finger

Marijen, I don't know anything about the thumb pain being discussed, but regarding the typical letrozole pain/stiffness/swelling in the hands, my onc says it is from fluid, and that the joints are not being damaged as they would be with arthritis. So it should go away when you stop the med.

Shetland - thst is really good to know about the fluid. Thanks for that

Stiffness and achyness seem to be the main SEs for me on letrosole too. I'm like an old woman when I get up from sitting or lying down. My back is stiff and crooked until I 'warm' up. I read somewhere here that taking magnesium is helpful. What dosage should one take and is it mag. oxide? Does magnesium have any SEs?

Marijen, what's the story about statins pse? I had highish cholestrol prior to dx and am on 5mg of rosuvastatin daily. Does the statin just make the stiffness worse or is there some interaction?

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Thanks, farmerlucy. Do you take it at night? Good to hear that you just get rid of excess naturally, no bad SEs if too much taken. I forgot about the HF and the perspiration! I thought that m ight be a SE of faslodex. I get so hot that sweat literally pours down my face. Not a pretty sight!

I take everything in the morning. (Nine lovely pills all but one courtesy of that small orangish yellow beauty.

Ellelou....that's why I decided to take my Femara in the morning so if I wanted a drink in the evening it wouldn't interfere.  I think I interpreted the directions as not taking it at the same time.  I may be wrong.