It took almost a year of being off the hormone blocker to be completely rid of the pain in my joints. My hands have developed arthritis and I have a trigger finger on my right hand. My memory remains impaired but aging plays a role in that as well. But everyone is different and you might have a totally different response.

Thank you for share your experience. You are helping all our pink sisters. Every experience we share might be able to help someone else navigate this experience. Thank you for sharing.
I am very sorry that you are have such a terrible time going through this experience. I hope that the new year brings you some relief.

I've been on anastrozole for about 9 months. The hot flashes & extreme body aches have settled down to minor annoyances. I still experience sleep problems (but I've always been a light sleeper) and I deal with fatigue daily. I need to push myself to move, cause I know I'll feel better. What I didn't expect was for my bad cholesterol level to jump up extremely high (I've never had high cholesterol!) so now I'm on a statin. Diarrhea is a continual issue for me. And now I'm having vision issues (a rare side effect). I'm now on glaucoma drops nightly and my ophthalmologist is putting me through a bunch of tests and scans. I'm giving it another 6 weeks to when I go to my new oncologist (a new one since mine left the area). Sooo, 2 months ago I thought things were going ok and now I'm not sure. My vision is probably the only thing that would influence me to quit the AI. So I guess I'll see.