Agreed to 10 years of hormonal therapy. Doing great!

Elaine, staying on these meds is very doable for most. But the people who don't experience many problems tend not to post, so we get an extremely negative viewpoint here. That's why I started this thread, where we can celebrate the positive aspect of treatment, especially that staying alive thingey!

Michelle, your salmon dinner sounds delish! I made tilapia and lima beans, one of my hubby's favorites. Taking my grandsons to the movie today, and really going to fight the popcorn craving!

Why thank you Michelle! I'm not sure if you mean my avatar, but that is actually the Obamas (hard to see though). IDK, because on previous posts I have included pics of myself and a grandkid. My grandsons are 17, 14 and 9. The older one doesn't hang out with grandma much anymore, but we're still close.

Well, maybe the term "joints" was not accurate. I had necrosis of my femur. Doctors thought it was my spine, and I actually had a failed spinal fusion as a result. Months later, while I became more and more immobile and in terrible, increasing pain, my GP referred me to a rheumatologist. That guy FINALLY noticed that my hips were completely immobile and ordered a simple x-ray. That's when they discovered that the upper parts of both femurs were GONE. I was walking, or attempting to walk, with the rest of my femurs floating around in my hip areas. Soooo, long story shorter, I have had two complete hip replacements, and am now doing great.

There is no empirical evidence, but my DH and I suspect the Zometa infusions I had after my lumpectomy caused this condition. Zometa is known to cause jaw necrosis, but no data, to that point, indicated necrosis could happen elsewhere in the body.

I was, and still am, pretty mad at the numerous doctors who failed to even physically examine my hips. A basic x-ray uncovered the issue, but I had to suffer horribly for 2 years before that was done.

Loral, I was on Aromasin when this problem happened. I went on Tamoxifen before my first hip replacement. But who the heck knows what the causes are???

Falconer, thanks for those words of support! I, like all of us here, just did what I had to. Like my dear dad used to say, it's better than the alternative.