could this be from chemo

joint problems
Hi Patti,

I've never had the issue of knee going popping out of place, but I've had plenty issues with joint pain in numerous locations. I attribute this to chemo. My mom has rheumatoid arthritis and I was tested for it twice & both times it's come back "normal". So the rheumatologist told me I don't have arthritis, even though the xrays did show some "likely degenerative bone disease, aka "arthritis". As soon as he heard I have cancer, he blamed everything on the chemo. Myself, I believe I probably already had some issues there not related to the chemo, but the chemo has made it all worse. I have pain in my left foot toe joints, left heel, my left knee hurts all the time, and my lower spine. I've had an MRI to check for bone mets & that came back normal- just some "likely degenerative bone disease".
What to do? Well, arthritis meds would be too much to take along with chemo, but accupuncture is something worth looking into. I do believe it has helped me. I haven't had any accupuncture in over a month now just because the office where I get it for free is kind of far and it just seems to never work out timewise for me. BUT, I do want to go back because it really did work! Each time, the effects would seem to last about a week and a half. I only had one session that it didn't seem to help- all the others really did. It was weird though- each time the pain got worse that same day until bedtime, but then when I woke up the next a.m., it was sooo much better.

You take care-
Lisa