Rib pain

AmnaAlBoom

hi, anyone has any home remedies for rib pain? My mom has breast cancer with bone and liver mets, and she has been feeling pain in her right rib. If you guys could give me some home remedies or treatments for rib pain other than radiation that would be good! Thanks

dawnjuan821

Maybe a warm cloth or heating pad? I have Mets, too. I hope she feels better soon.

AmnaAlBoom

https://csn.cancer.org/discussion/comment/1722064#Comment_1722064

yes we did try heating pad which gets better for a while until it gets painful again (especially when she sits or walks) . I hope you feel better soon as well! Thank you

dawnjuan821

Thank you. Hey, have you contacted her Palliative Care doc? Their job is to help us with our quality of life. Perhaps he/she would be able to prescribe medications to help with her pain. Just a thought!

AmnaAlBoom

https://csn.cancer.org/discussion/comment/1722069#Comment_1722069

yes i did, he raised the dosage of the pain meds however the side effects of the high dose were too severe for her so he reduced the dosage again