Concerned about the side effects of anastrozole

Thank you @francine6829. I am keeping my fingers crossed my minor aches don't worsen too. How long have you been on arimidez?

I cannot speak to the depression, but my AI aches turned to pain in the 6th week.

Good morning everyone. I had a lumpectomy, Chemo, radiation and am 1 month into taking arimidez. I feel a wee bit of aches but the depression is the worst. I cannot seem to get out of this slump. It's all consuming. Has anyone else suffered from depression while taking arimidez?

Where do you live ? I am in northern Virginia

Me too, Francine. 15 radiation treatments and no chemo. Whew!

I was thrilled I did not need chemo. Radiation was a non event for me. Its these AIs that are a killer

The oncotype - determines if you need Chemo. I was a 22. I had 21 radiation treatments. The study that came out in June of 2018 determined that women in the "middle range" (I think that was from 15 to 26) - do Not benefit from Chemo for survival rates. They studied like 8,000 women over 10 years. Radiation is from the fact you got a lumpectomy vs a mastectomy. Personally - I was glad the study came out, as my oncologist said she would have given me chemo otherwise. The AI's ARE a form of Chemo though. During Radiation - I got what looked like a sunburn on my skin and my nipple turned dark brown. 🙁

I've had spinal stenosis for years, but I don't know about the multilevel degeneration, or how long that has been happening. I've been on Arimidex for 14 months. This extreme and very limiting pain is recent.

Does she believe the Arimidex caused your lower back to deteriorate. Remind me how long you have been on Arimidex?

@francine6829 - the MRI was of my lower back. She just prescribed an X-Ray of my hip and femur for today. I just emailed my Oncologist to ask her opinion about an experiment of going off Arimidex for two weeks. I got a rapid response that she is out of the office until the 8th!