It is just a fact. I have been having trouble going to sleep even though I am brutally tired so I went and got some melatonin. I took 10 mg on Monday night and within an hour I was out. It was great...except for the fact that I spent all day yesterday dozing off. Went to bed a little after 10 last night (without melatonin) and went right out and slept well and am much more awake today than I was yesterday. I guess that 10 mg is too much for me so I will try half that next time. Yesterday was rainy and gloomy all day too so that probably didn't help. Today is still gloomy but not raining so far. My arthritis pain is off the charts today however and since I am not supposed to be taking ibuprophen I am in a bind as that is the only thing that helps. It sucks.
I don't recall if I mentioned that I was moved from anastrozole to exremestane for my estrogen inhibitor. I was in a ton of pain from the ananstrozole and the exeremestane is a lot better for me. I know they say that getting more exercise helps with this but conisdering that last night walking from one end of the house to the other at a decent pace left me out of breath, I guess this will have to be put off until after my heart surgery.
I also reached out to the integrated oncology unit at my hospital and I hoping to get in and investigate some alternative pain relief such as massage and acupuncture. I am very concerned about chest pain after the surgery since I already have quite a bit of pain on occasion from my lumpectomy. My arm and side of my breast from the surgery are still not right especially when I try to extend that arm. It is my dominanant arm too which is not helping.
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