Tamoxifen will not "inflame" the joints as the A.I. drugs do. And I AM "old," as my doctor so tactfully pointed out, With any luck, we will both get even "older." My mother---a 4-shots-a-day diabetic---lived to be 96 with no dementia and played bridge until almost the day she died. (She once flew to Hawaii to play in a tournament that Omar Sharif was playing in). I always figured I'd get diabetes, so I began watching out for that a long time ago, but the b.c. cancer diagnosis came from out of left field and left me totally unprepared. Like my mother, I am a fighter, and I won't go down without a fight, for sure. I feel normal and fine right now and, since I stopped taking all pills to "protect" me my energy levels have returned and I have recently done the Chicago International Film Festival, Nashville, Sundance, and, just recently, SXSW. I filed 34 different reviews from Austin in 8 days, attending 3 movies a day and writing until (sometimes) 4 movies a day. (I enjoyed telling my friends that I might get to meet Ryan Gosling on March 10th if I got the Red Carpet for that one) Not being able to stand (or walk) is not something that I can live with, and the Anastrozole definitely put me in a world of hurt in so many ways. Just for the World Premiere of "Stormy" (the documentary now showing on Paramount Plus, I think, I had to stand from 3:15 until 5:30 p.m. waiting for her to show up. I post on my own blog (WeeklyWilson) and on TheMovieBlog and have been reviewing film non-stop since 1972. I have no intention of letting cancer stop that, but it sure put a crimp in my style last year when I could neither stand nor walk.