Goodbye, Arimidex

Poof! That's it. I'm taking my body off Arimidex as of today. I will not run down my health for a slight decrease in the risk of recurrence. That's not even extending life, friends, it is just a big maybe in the reduction of recurrence for some people. No one has conducted any studies on the long-term effects of this drug because it hasn't been around long enough. The short-term effects are rather devastating and debilitating. I'm 47-going-on-87, with trigger finger in multiple fingers, rheumatoid arthritis-like pain in my thumbs and hands, loss of bone density in just one year that moves me into osteopenia, and an overall sense of unwellness. 

I'm joining the women who say no to being guinea pigs and yes to living life fully now, not a maybe life that might never materialize.