Arimidex vs Nolvadex

In November 2011 I was diagnosed with Stage 3 inflammatory breast cancer in my left breast. I had 3 months of chemo. In April 2012 I had a mastechomy. From March 2012 thru July 2012 I had 30 treatments of radiation. I have been on Arimidex for 1 year and 2 months. I am 61 but I feel like 80. I am exhausted all the time. I have trouble going to sleep and staying asleep. I never get a good night's sleep. I have pain throughout my body. Aches and pains and stiffness all the time. I feel better if I keep moving. I get stiff when I stay in bed for more than a few hours. I have stiffness in my hands and pain in my left elbow. I have tingling and numbness in my hands and feet. I have trouble with descriptive words and I suffer from memory loss. Sometimes I can't even get up from the chair.I take 2 Anacins before I go to bed in the hope that the pain doesn't wake me up during the night. I try to stay positive. As long as this drug keeps the cancer away it is worth it. I do less and I stay home more. This is the new normal. I do whatever works and everyone just has to understand that I cannot do what I used to do.

Took Arimidex after a small breast cancer tumor (stage 1) was found on a mammogram. Had issues with tingling in my fingers. Very dry skin and hair. Issues with vitamin D levels being too low. THEN, metastatic breast cancer developed. Cancer spread to my lungs and liver after about 4 years of taking Arimidex. It didn't work.