Aching

j916

My last chemo treatment was May 29th...yeah!

My ? is...when do you stop aching? When i get up from sitting down or laying down, my legs feel like a 90 year old woman. I'm sure my onc is going to start me on tamoxifin at the end of this month, and i've heard there is some pretty heavy aching with that. Can someone help me with info about when they stopped the aching after last chemo treatment? I had AC/taxol, four treatments of each.
thanks!
jeanne

taleena

Jeanne... I don't know.. I
Jeanne... I don't know.. I haven't been there.. but I want you to know I'm thinking about you and hope that it gets better real soon.

Cheerful better feeling thoughts coming your way!!

Hugs

~T

CR1954

Hi Jeanne...
Did you also have Neulasta injections while on chemo? Those were what caused the worst aching for me.
I got sharp, jabbing bone pain from the chemo itself. I finished in mid-December and I still get the occasional "jab" from that.

CR

cats_toy

Jeanne
the Taxol cauyses major bone aches, and it does last for awhile after you finish. I had four rounds of AC, then four rounds of Taxol too. After rads I was put on Arimidex and will be for 5 years. I still have the aches, but after I asked the onc, she said the Arimidex also causes bone aches, so it is hard for me to tell when one ended and the other began. Talk to the onc, they may have more info.
Hope this helps!
=^..^=

dmc_emmy

Jeanne-aches are part of the healing process
Unfortunately, aching is part of what we have to go through to be survivors. I had chemo, rads, and tried all the hormmal drug therapies (expect tomaxafin) and they all caused pain. For some, the pain is doable, but for others (such as myself) intolerable. We are all different.

I suppose the only advice I can give you is, if the pain is tolerable, understand that it will be for a relatively short time that you have to be on the drugs (5 years). Talk with your med'l team, they may prescribe pain meds. I wish you well.
dmc

confused123

dmc_emmy said:

Jeanne-aches are part of the healing process
Unfortunately, aching is part of what we have to go through to be survivors. I had chemo, rads, and tried all the hormmal drug therapies (expect tomaxafin) and they all caused pain. For some, the pain is doable, but for others (such as myself) intolerable. We are all different.

I suppose the only advice I can give you is, if the pain is tolerable, understand that it will be for a relatively short time that you have to be on the drugs (5 years). Talk with your med'l team, they may prescribe pain meds. I wish you well.
dmc

If you don't like pain meds
If you don't like pain meds like me, I was tols to take Tylenol for Arthritis when I was on Taxol. The onc nurse said many patients said it worked. I only had lot of pain after the first dose.
I stareted Taxol every three weeks, then 2. If you do it every 3 weeks for 4 doses you don't need the shot the next day and that also causes pain so eliminating the need for that may help. I did not do it every week for 12 weeks like others. I asked not to because I live an hour from treatmnt clinic.

Kim

KathiM

Ask for a bone density scan...
Could be it's just a need to up your calcium, but my scan showed osteoporosis, most likely from the chemo...both the breast cancer and the rectal cancer...

I have taken Tamoxifen for almost 3 years. Really haven't had much trouble other than the occasional hot flash...

Ask your onc, that's a great idea!!!

Hugs, Kathi