TRAUMEEL for AI side effect pain(crossposting)

Traumeel was suggested to me, for my awful SEs from femara.

It is a homeoathic blend of natural ingredients.It comes in liquid dosings to drink, but best of all, in cream and gel.

Using it is SO better than taking NSAIDs continuously!!(Which is why it was suggested I give it a whirl).

And, amazingly, IT WORKS!!!

I rub it into my knees and  I can feel my knees functioning, but there is miraculously no pain!

I rub it on the sides of my thighs before bed.I have a lot of neurapathy there, which starts to hurt when I lie on it.

With the Traumeel...there is no pain, all through the night!

WOW!!

I got my tube of Traumeel at Whole Foods.Others have found it at online supplient places(Iherb).

For the aesthetics, the stuff is totally absorbed, leaves no greasy afterfeel, has no smell.

I SO wish I'd known about it earlier!

Hi Suzy--Western MA!Awesome! Mass countryside is very, very beautiful.And you get the quiet beauty of nice snow.

I went to school in Boston (came from NYC suburbs), married and lived there, had my first child there.I know Beantown is very different from Western MA.But the suburbs of Eastern MA are beautiful, so I can imagine the west!

I loudly applaud you for opting to push through.AIs are terriffic drugs.And, I'm sure your docs have said, your best chance at beating this thing.If it doesnt work, you can always back to Tamox.

But the time you spend on AI will be invaluable to your survivorship.

The trouble with me is that I'm old.I had increasing SEs throughout, and finally quit when I am a total arthritic cripple, yes hands.Cant open stuff, cant HOLD stuff too great, cant depend on my hands to help ME from falling, and wrists hurt when I lean on hands to push myself up from sitting.

The arthritic SEs I took.Many said QOL is more important, but hey.I'm old and want to stay around!

But last year I developed the dizziness they mention on the femara insert.

I actually fell, when I was on my walk.

My onc gave me a month vacation.The dizziness went away,...but sloooowly.Took the whole month.

Last summer I had such edema (another gift from Femara) that my onc tested for congestive heart failure.Althoughhe THOUGHT"it's from the Femara".

And the "cognitive difficulties"came on with a vengence.Senile, and not fun at ALL.Need a keeper.

I was beaten.I went to my check-up in Nov ready to quit.

But when they heard about the total senility, both my onc's PA, and Himself, seperately said "STOP THE DRUG!"

I think it was Nature's way of telling me I've had enough.

My Estradiol is at 8.I think 28 is the norm for a 66 Y O. I'm not functioning well AT ALL with 8 for a value.Estrogen does other stuff, important stuff, for us, even old women who only get to have their supplimental estrogen.

I have no peripheral vision, for example.And now no memory.

But YOUNGER women, in their 40s and 50s (and 30s, naturally) have enough free estrogen in their bodies to get them through this very well.And this is why you can push through the original SEs, and kick them to the curb.Once your body gets over the shock of having less estrogen, it will behave for you!The body can adjust to making do with less estrogen.

I notice you are doing alternative things.Good for you!Whatever it takes!And Alternative therapies definately help.

When I was on my downward spiral, I asked a friend who is an accupuncturist to needle me.He said since I take the drug daily, the best results would come from getting needled daily.

And suggestedTai Chi, which is, in effect, whole body accupuncture, opening the Chi channels of the whole body.

So this helped me enormously, and took me from the 2 to the 3 year.It still feels wonderful to move through just the beginning of the routine.

My arthritis stemmed from a pinched nerve in my back.I've had neuropathy in my thighs for ages.But until recently they've never killed me as they do now.EVERYTHING got SO much worse while on Femara.

Which is why I was so delighted w/Traumeel!

Even though I will no longer take AIs, I dont delude myself that I will feel human again anytime soon.So I still need them.

Alternative therapies work, give no SEs of their own, and are DEFINATELY the way to go!

Again I salute you! Please stay around and keep us informed!You can imagine us applauding and cheering you on.

Happy, Beautiful Holidays!

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