So I started oral estradiol 2mg and bicalutimide 50mg about 2 weeks ago. A week in, I started feeling these weird pains in my body. They felt like small stabbing pains that immediately dulled - almost like the pain of getting an injection, and were always in my legs, arms, or chest.

I asked my doctor about it, and he had no idea. He just said they weren’t a reported side effect of either med, and the only way to tell if it was the meds was to stop them.

I’m really paranoid about, like, fucking dying, so I stopped my medication 3 days ago and the pains have subsided. I was just wondering if anyone here has shared my experience. I’d like to know what the hell that was, and if it’s safe to continue treatment.

  • WillStealYourUsername
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    3 days ago

    Gosh you know that sounds likely. I did notice other pains which I wrote away as growing pains and such, I don’t remember if I mentioned the day sometime a few weeks after first starting E where every single joint in my body hurt at the same time.

    The only odd thing is that I only got those leg pains from injections, not from gel :S Still growing pains sound more likely than any other thing so far