Half way there.

Hi Mary,my husband is
Hi Mary,my husband is currently on the chemo 5-fu and radiation before surgery.He just have chemo for five days,but the last 4 days he was suffering severe leg pain during the night and he was having a harding time on falling sleep,so he is very tired these couple of days.He called the oncologists,but both radiation oncologist and chemo oncologst said the pain is not related with either chemo or radiation,so we are very confused.The oncologst only suggested to buy Aleve from the counter.But the nurse who came to hook my husband said she does see people do get pain from 5-fu.The nurse suggested to take a warm bath when my husband has leg pain,so in the middle of the night when he couldn't tolerate,I just put warm water in the bathtub and let him sit there for a while,that does help a little bit,but after he got out of the bathtub,the pain came back again.It's very suffering and frustrated that we can't do anything about the pain.I also let my hubby stop taking cholesterol medicine to see if things will get better.

kimby said:

Wow
Mary,

I sure hope you have reported this to your oncologist. That sounds like a very serious side effect, not to be ignored.

As far as leg pain and sitting in the tub, well, I'm an expert at that. LOL I have fibromyalgia and have spent days in the tub. I have also found that a heating blanket is wonderful. It works as a whole body heating pad. With my family running the central AC I find myself using it still - last night for instance. It is very relaxing and does help pain somewhat.

HTH,

Kimby

Hi Kimby,heating blanket is
Hi Kimby,heating blanket is very good,but here is summer time,it's not so bearable for my hubby to use a heating blanket.Thank you very much for your suggestion,I will put heating blanket on list,it's a good thing to use in winter time.Thank you very much.

Get it checked
Mary, please ask to get it checked out thoroughly, as those symptoms just don't sound kosher. It could be something else going on.

Hugs,
Kirsten