I'm currently enjoying the delights of taking anastrozole Like many I am experiencing significant joint pain, mainly hips, shoulders arms and hands as well as having frozen-shoulder. I also have frequent hot flushes. I need to get a new mattress and wonder what other ladies taking AIs would recommend.
We had bought spring with a layer of memory foam on top a year before my diagnosis.
yes the hot flushes in the summer make it tough but it’s still so comfortable that I cope with the use of a fan and very few layers, use a duvet cover without the duvet in it, or an old sheet.
it certainly helps the achey joints, and now that I’ve been on anti oestrogen meds a couple of years the hot flushes are mostly just after I wake. So I can mop/use a fan/stand up till it eases if it’s in the night, and get up early if need be.
We went for comfort!
Hugs xxx
Moomy
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