Arimidex and Exercise

I didn't need a study to tell me that my achy joints and muscles would actually feel better if I just exercised. I figured that out myself during chemo and when I started taking Arimidex in October of 2011.

But it's good to have a study to confirm what I already know -- if you just exercise and keep moving, you tolerate chemo better, and now Arimidex: http://houston.cbslocal.com/2013/12/12/study-exercise-helps-women-tolerate-breast-cancer-drugs/

This is why I sometimes exercise like a demon when it would be so much easier to sit in a chair and put my feet up, and say, "poor me ... I'm too tired to do anything." My fear has always been if I did that, I would be too stiff to ever move again.

I have two more years of Arimidex and since it reduces my chance of recurrence by 50% ... I will gladly take it inspite of the side effects. I cannot believe that 15% of women in the US need to be taking Arimidex but less than 5% actually do. As long as you can live with the side effects, why would you choose not to be cancerfree?

I thank God for the opportunity to live another 5, 10, 20 or 30 years, and to treasure every moment I have left.