Hi,
I finished my radiotherapy on 7th August and I found out on Monday that I have developed lympodema in my left arm. I am on monthly implants of goselin and daily extremestane pills, so I am starting to have menopause symptoms, including stiff and painful joints.
Now my feet and legs are swollen and painful. Has anyone else experienced this and has any advice to help please?
Also, does anyone know of any natural menopause symptom remedies that do not contain natural oestrogen that I can take to eliviate symptoms please? I can't get any health professional to advise me.
Thank you.
Hi and a very warm welcome to the online community
I'm sorry to hear about all these problems that you're having, it must be extremely distressing.
I'm not a member of this group but I noticed that your post hadn't had any responses yet. By replying to you it will 'bump' it back to the top of the discussions list where it'll be more easily spotted.
When you have a minute, it would be really useful if you could pop something about your journey so far into your profile as it really helps others when answering or looking for someone with a similar diagnosis. It also means that you don't have to keep repeating yourself. To do this click on your username and then select 'Profile'. You can amend it at any time and if you're not sure what to write you can take a look at mine by clicking on my username.
I do hope that you can on top of these issues soon.
x
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