Stuck on the floor!
Stuck on the floor! Hi Girls
Has anyone else (I’m on Arimadex) had trouble getting up off the floor.
I had a good idea on Sunday that I would do some weeding in the front garden, I looked at the border and decided that the best way was to get down on the grass, (bearing in mind that 18 months ago I was jumping up onto a horse) so I got on the floor then about 15 mins later I went to get up. BAD IDEA!! I just couldn’t…thankfully my better half was there to haul me up (how embarrassing). So I spent the next 5 mins perched, crying (I dont know why) on the garden seat.
Can anyone explain to me how this Arimadex works on the joints?
You have to laugh…don’t you?
Have a good day everyone
Much love Debbie x
Hi Debbie,
I can’t comment on Armidex but I have had the same experience.
My two and a half grandson wanted an ice-lolly so I sat on the grass in the garden with him and as you say - bad idea - I just couldn’t get up either.
My feet and toes were so sore after chemo and I have lost all but one of my toe nails. I couldn’t bear to push them into the ground to give me the heave up.
I had paclitaxel which also affects the joints - but all is well now, three months later.
The crying comes and goes doesn’t it and it can be for silly reasons, but probably does us good.
Take care
LINDA
debbie yes i get stuck too i’m also on arimidex,
i had the brain wave to sit on the floor and play ragger with our little doggie, all was going fine with our little game untill i decided to get up.
my hubby was there and had to pull me up off the floor !!
cant help you with explaining how arimidex works on the joints though sorry.
kim x
It’s a mystery to me. Hi Debbie
Hope you don’t mind but I laughed too when I read your post, because that has happened to me so many times and I’ve laughed at myself in the same situation. I’m glad you finally saw the funny side. I often find myself laughing and crying at the same time over silly things.
So far I’ve always had someone on hand to pull me back up, but one day I just might have to spend the day crawling around the floor until someone comes home!
I can’t remember what dignity is any more. I certainly don’t have any.
I really don’t understand why Arimidex causes joint pain unless it’s something to do with the immune system. Loss of oestrogen shouldn’t do that should it? I’ll ask my oncologist when I see her in a few weeks. Mine has definitely settled down quite a bit and is becoming manageable. Which means, I can live with it.
I’m looking forward to Spring and hoping the warmer weather will help. I live in hope.
Love AW x
mobility Hi Debbie - I had real problems with mobility after vinolrebine which have only really cleared in the last month, 6 months after finishing chemo and going onto tamoxifen.
On one of the American forums, there is much discussion as to joint pain when on arimidex or tamoxifen, but I have never had a problem with them in this way. It may be one of those individual reactions, but in my case I think there was also the problem of lack of exercise for several months which is far more difficult to counter the older one is.
It would be worth trying to get your oncologist to comment on the problem.
Stuck in the bath! I very well remember trying to get out of a bath my normal way and I just coudn’t. I managed eventually and I just laughed. Thank goodness it only happened one time. I decided after that, to have a shower instead!
I had my yearly appointment with my surgeon last Thursday 10th August. I didn’t get seeing her, but I saw another doctor. I told her about the pain with Arimidex and she said that the pain you get with Arimidex is muscle pain. It does not mean you have osteoporosis. She said remember that osteoporosis is known as the silent disease. She said most of the Arimidex pain should go in six months I have been taking Arimidex for nine months and I am still feeling pain. However, I am much more mobile in the bath!
Pollyanna
Less red meat? I have been on Tamoxifen and then Arimidex for the past 3 and a half years. I was told that eating less red meat might help the joint pain. I try now to have at least every other day meat free. (As I do like my roasts and bacon rolls! ) Although my knees are stiff, it doesn’t take me ten minutes to go down the stairs first thing in the morning. The only place I can call sore is one elbow and as a bonus the arthritis in my fingers is a lot better.
I would be interested to know if any veggies out there suffer the same joint pain, or whether this theory is waiting to be shot down!
Debbie Hi Debbie
I’ve just read this post. I am still having chemo and will not have drugs as I am triple negative but as I read about the difficulty with mobility that you are all experiencing it occured to me that there may be ways you can learn to get out of the stuck situation on your own.
Disregard this please if you have already thought of this but pehaps you could ask to see a physiotherapist who coud teach you ways to avoid gettig stuck and ways to unstick yourself should it happen.
I just can’t bear to think of you stuck for hours or crawling about on your hands and knees.
Kind regards
Ali