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2468 · ‎14-01-2020

Has anyone suffered from insomnia while taking exemestane? Does the insomnia go away once your body has adjusted to the meds? I also had joint pain from the exemestane which came a few weeks after I started on it, but the pain eased and the insomnia started. Basically I'm hoping that the insomnia will ease over time too. Does anyone have insight into this?

2468 · ‎13-01-2020

How do I know if the swelling in my breast is regular post-radiation swelling or breast lymphedema? I finished radiation three months ago. My breast only started swelling about eight weeks post radiation. I've seen the radiation oncologist but she didn't seem concerned. At what point should I go back if the swelling doesn't go down?

2468 · ‎18-10-2019

Thanks for your reply. The pain isn't horrendous as you described, so hopefully the doctor is right!

2468 · ‎16-10-2019

What does bone mets feel like? I was diagnosed a year ago with stage one hormone positive breast cancer ( no lymph node involvement). For about the past four months I have pain to my left rib. I'm concerned it could be bone mets. My doctors don't want to do any scans to check as they think it's unlikely to be bone mets given my initial diagnosis. I didn't have any full body scans when I was initially diagnosed though. My rib doesn't hurt when I press on it and the pain comes and goes. It's fairly mild pain and isn't bad enough to take pain killers. If I massage the bone I can hear a clicking noise. Is this type of pain consistent with mets?

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Exemestane and insomnia

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