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littlejulie
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Aug 25, 2004 - 10:41 am

Hi everyone,
It's 7 weeks since my mom's operation. She started 'clean up' chemo last monday. She has had some back pain in the past couple days. She explains it has a lower back hollow feeling. She's thinking it could be from sitting for a long time, surgery, or the epidural from the opertaion.

Did any of you have back pain? Her diagnoses makes me panic over every feeling she has.

julie
vanser
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Aug 25, 2004 - 2:12 pm
Re: back pain?

Hi Julie -
My mom had a lot of back pain around that time as well - to be a little graphic - she was pushing a lot when she went to the bathroom b/c she felt constipated. Her surgeon mentioned that it probably resulted from a combination of that pushing and the surgery healing. Her back pain was so bad that for awhile she just wanted to lie on her stomach. This lasted about two weeks & then went away.

Don't worry, she will feel better soon,
Vanessa
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spongebob
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Aug 25, 2004 - 8:47 pm
Re: back pain?

I don't mean to contradict my friend vanser, but my opinion is that pain means something isn't right. I'm not saying get all freaky over it, but it is worth a call to the onc just to discuss possible causes and to make him/her aware.

Just my two penny's worth.

And, BTW, it's gonna be like this - worried at every hangnail - from now on. That's OK, though. It's part of the deal. It helps with good surveillance. Don't be ashamed to check with the doc.

- SpongeBob