My wife, age 50, was diagnosed with breast cancer in May of 2002, and had a lumpectomy. She has undergone chemotherapy and radiation treatment starting in July of 2002 and continuing through Dec 2002. She received treatment with docetaxel, cyclophosphamide, and doxorubicin. She received six cycles every three weeks of the chemo and 35 radiation treatments. During chemotherapy she received treatment with neulasta and aranes. She is now taking arrimidex, protonix, and effexor. After completing all of the treatments, she began to complain of severe joint pain in her fingers. In the morning, they are almost unmoveable. During the day the pain subsides and she is able to once again move them. The radiation oncologist said that this is not unusual however did not offer any suggestions as to how to alleviate the problem. Is this unusual and is there anything that she can take to help this? She has tried glucosamine and that doesn't seem to have helped.