Joint pain

diazr1 said:

Last 2 times I'm totally
Last 2 times I'm totally drained and I wake from a nap my knees feel like they are being drilled. Have to take codein then I'm ok. Been doing the soaking but I think I'll get heating pads

I love my heating pad.  I sit in bed after 8 or 9 every night with it on my back. ( a lot of the time my back doesn't even hurt). I just have gotten so use to it:)  I also take Tart Cherry juice from the health food store.  It has made all the difference.  My shoulders and hips use to  hurt the most.  I hope this helps  .  I heard about the Tart Cherry juice on Dr. Oz.

Hi All,

Oh boy am I sad but relieved to see these posts.  I thought I was the only one!  I've always been very active and now when I do yoga, workout, walk or run- I can barely move the next morning!  It's different than the usual aches you get from a good workout!  I use the heated pool and hot tub at my gym and my heating pad.  There have been nights when it hurts so bad I have to take a pain pill (non -narcotic Tramadol (sp)  )  to get comfortable.  I had mentioned it a while back to my onc and was told there was not connection to chemo.   I see her on Tuesday and will discuss it again.  Of COURSE it's the chemo.  Makes perfect sense to me. 

So with my heating pad ready I'm going to keep doing what I love and just hope I can tolerate the discomfort!  I hope you all find relief.

Hugs.

So glad I found this site, 1st day.  Thought I was going crazy.  Why on earth won't doctors tell patients who have gone through R-CHOP that the pain they are experiencing is natural.  Now that I see all these postings, I'm not as concerned as I have been this past yr.  I've had severe degenerative disc disease (throughout my spine) and CHOP made it worse (Oncovin especially numbs you out!)  My hips are killing me when lying on my right side especially, and different parts of my body are completely numb when sleeping (or lying around watching tv, hands can go completely numb when resting head on my pillow with elbow bent - takes 30 secs. and hand is numb)

 Diagnosed Feb. 2008, was in remission TILL RECENT, mid-Nov. 2012, honestly, we're still waiting for more test results. I felt (at 1st a pea-size node), but then 2 lymph nodes were enlarged in right groin. Going thru the whole process again, only this time, have consulted with 2 prominent oncologists this past wk. They are having a problem with my biopsy results (3 different pathologists have reviewed the slides and still, undetermined - called a "complicated case".  Said these suspicious cells (areas lit up on Pet/CT Scan, but small nodes in chest, spleen, right groin, and colon; while last time large mass on left kidney and such.)  Waiting for 2 pathologists to re-examine tissue to identify if Diffuse B - Non-Hodgkins. Either it's a "strange immune reaction" (I'd like to know how it happened first of all where it started in my body).  that possibly can be treated with Prednisone (what I was told), or will have to do stem-cell if cancer returned. 

In the meantime, trying to deal with this pain throughout my body.  IT"S NATURAL EVERYONE - FORGET THE NERVE CONDUCTION TESTS, SPECIALTY DOCTORS; YOU WILL MORE THAN LIKELY WASTE YOUR MONEY (that's only my opinion, but if it would help relieve your fear, do what you think is necessary)  And, would like to say that those Neulasta shots (used to boost your immune system -white cells when going thru chemo) was the worst pain I ever experienced. Felt like a continual "charlie horse" throughout my entire right leg.   Wasn't told I would have bone pain, nor did the oncologist office explain this is natural - they even sent me for an MRI to see if there was a blood clot! Fianally research Neulasta on the web and also read about it in the Cancer Society's book.  Prayers go out to all of you precious souls!