Joint Pain

SaireyAnn
SaireyAnn Member Posts: 2
edited March 2014 in Breast Cancer #1
Hello. Do any of you have suggestions on how to manage joint pain caused by Femara?

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  • jphilpo
    jphilpo Member Posts: 177
    #2
    Hi SaireyANn
    You didn't mention how long you have been on Femara. I am in the middle of my 2nd month of it. I have found that resuming my walking program ( I try to walk at least 10,000 steps a day) and ibruprofen really help. It is much better now. It seems to be worse in the morning, and now that even seems better. I called my Reach to Recovery friend about this very thing about 2 weeks ago. She said to hang in & it should be better in 2-3 months. It seems to be true for me. I hope the same for you.
  • cantthink
    cantthink Member Posts: 36
    #3
    jphilpo said:

    Hi SaireyANn
    You didn't mention how long you have been on Femara. I am in the middle of my 2nd month of it. I have found that resuming my walking program ( I try to walk at least 10,000 steps a day) and ibruprofen really help. It is much better now. It seems to be worse in the morning, and now that even seems better. I called my Reach to Recovery friend about this very thing about 2 weeks ago. She said to hang in & it should be better in 2-3 months. It seems to be true for me. I hope the same for you.

    me three
    Im about 4 weeks in, started right after the end of my chemo. Walking, a bit of light weight lifting, and I'm trying to learn yoga from cds, are really helping me with the pain, though it's kind of a struggle at first to get going, I've been so tired and weak. So I do one minute of exercise and rest for 5 minutes! I put myself on a strict low carb, high veggie diet, and lost a lot of fluids that were making me miserable, halfway to my pre-chemo weight, yippie!
    I'm so glad to find out it might get better! good luck to us all!
  • jnl
    jnl Member Posts: 3,869 Member
    #4
    jphilpo said:

    Hi SaireyANn
    You didn't mention how long you have been on Femara. I am in the middle of my 2nd month of it. I have found that resuming my walking program ( I try to walk at least 10,000 steps a day) and ibruprofen really help. It is much better now. It seems to be worse in the morning, and now that even seems better. I called my Reach to Recovery friend about this very thing about 2 weeks ago. She said to hang in & it should be better in 2-3 months. It seems to be true for me. I hope the same for you.

    Have you talked to your
    Have you talked to your oncologist about this? You might need prescription strength Ibuprofen. Hoping your pain subsides for you soon.

    Leeza
  • aztec45
    aztec45 Member Posts: 757
    #5
    Yes.
    For me, I got off of it for that reason and the fact it made me feel agressive. Talk to your Onc.

    P

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