pelvic and Hip Pain

you are doing what you can do- try not to look into the future and what may be there just keep following the path to the right answer... it is so hard not to think the worst ... prayers for you henhill and maybe it is something like Lou Ann or maybe it's scar tissue???  please let us know how you are doing and what you find out- thank you for sharing because it helps us all when these things come up  (((HUGS)))

Pain going down the leg is usually caused by sciatica.  It hurts in the left low back area too.  I've had it since I was in my mid 30's and I'm now 68.  It's been getting worse lately.  I've been seeing a chiropractor since my 30's, and after a visit or two, he's always been able to make it better, up until a few months ago.  I had an x-ray in August and my doctor found a lot of degenerative disease, nothing new.  When I go back to him for my physical in November, I'm going to remind him that he was going to order an MRI for me, and then possibly go for surgery of some kind.  The pain when I lay in bed at night is sometimes unbearable. 

I had worse pain in my hip after chemo (mine was finished in Sept, 2010).  I read a thread on here quite a while back that mentioned the hip pain can be caused by the fact that new blood cells are being produced in the bone marrow of the hip area.  When I was seeing an orthopedic physician, he told me uterine cancer only rarely metastasizes to the bone.  He checked me for that anyway and told me my tests were negative.

In spite of these things, I'd mention to your doctors that you're having this awful pain.  There are other things that might be going wrong in your abdomen.  Maybe they'll show up in your CT scan and maybe they won't.  There is a range of conditions that affect the abdomen from simple to life threatening.  And maybe it's just something caused by the radiation.  I didn't have that, so I wouldn't know.  The fact that it started at that time would seem to indicate it could be related.  It also could be coincidental.  Whatever it is, it's worth bringing up with the doctor.      

Henhill - I have been having pain in my left hip for a couple months now too.  It started in early Aug with an intense pain in my lower left abdomen.  This was aid to be an inflamation of my intenstine due to radiation and meds did help it to go away but as it went away the pain in my hip came and it progressively get worse.  I too have the shooting pain down the outside of my left thigh and into my left knee. 

I begged my breast onco to take me off Letrozole becasue I figured it was either weakening my bone or causing bone pain (it is know to do both).  She refused saying the Letrozole would create bilateral pain. She told me to see my gyn onco asap!  Scared the crap out of me!!! Went to see my primary care Doc as my gyno onco was on vacation, he chalked it up to sciatica and gave me a course of Predinzone - which did bring some reliefespecially with the shooting pain down my outer leg.  My gyno onco took mercy on me and sent me to have a CT scan (it was all clear!), an Xray of the hip (the bones look good - some age degeneration but that is expected...LOL), and sent me to a sports med doctor.  I have seen him twice.  He ordered an MRI of the hip to make sure nothing is going on - just had that done yesterday.  He suspects I may have micro tears in the tissues/tendons that connect to the hip.  He says 3 or 4 months of agressive PT should do the job and make me pain free! 

Can you get in to see a sport med doc? It might be worth a visit.

henhill said:

Thanks Lou Ann, Pinky and Nellasing

It is so reassuring to think it is just aging or one of those "things: associated with treatment,  The fact that it coincides with recurrence and now the CA 125 at 560 was gnawing at me.  My doc thinks it could be a stricture and inflammatiion.  I know that the incidence of intense pain seems to be from the lack of "transit" during digestion- the food jusst seems to be stuck in my gut.  Thank you, and I will report the test results when I get them.

Good to know they think possibly other things... can deal with almost anything else right?!  Look fwd to the results.   (((HUGS)))

henhill said:

cindy0519

Sounds pretty similar, but my stomach pain is intense.  I can feel it in the same spot that has hurt since radiation, but now is really painful.  It also starts after lunch (Idon't usually eat breakfast)  and then gets worse from there.  It keeps me awake when I go to bed unless I take NSAIDs and by morning, it is gone!  I have thought it could also possibly be diverticulitis, were you also tested for that?  I am glad you have some answers, 

Could it be your gallbladder? I understand that pain after eating is one sign of a gallbladder problem.

Lou Ann M said:

Gallbladder

I had my gall bladder removed years ago, so I kind of forgot the pain it can cause.  Usually after eating.  And,certain things,can make it even worse, gravy really did m in.  Certainly something to look into.  Sometimes pain is a puzzle that you have to figure out.  Don't give,up searching for an answe.

Hugs and prayers, Lou Ann

Was your pain after eating more in your back or lower abdomen like Henhill described?

I was just wondering because my husband's pain was sort of beneath his shoulder blade, usually at night, when he had gall stones. We had a hard time realizing it was his gallbladder because it wasn't closely associated with eating like you'd expect. I'm thinking lower abdominal pain would be less likely to be gallbladder because it's not the usual place it occurs, but the association with eating is what you usually hear about.  It's a tricky one to recognize, so it's a good thing for Kim to have brought it up for consideration as well as looking into the intestinal issues. The hysterectomy and resulting adhesions, chemo, and radiation all do a real number on our digestive system. So sorry that you are having all of this difficulty now, Henhill, I hope you get this figured out and get some relief soon.