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Chelee · 03-31-2010, 07:15 PM

Rich, I believe that is the problem. I had pain in my foot and pelvic area prior to surgery. That pain was gone once I recovered. I had almost a 7 cm mass in my femur all the way at the top. My Ortho surgeon said he scrapped away alot of bone to get rid of that mass.

Since I started rads I can't help but noticed the places I had pain prior to my surgery are now the same places that hurt since I started rads. So the rads is hitting that area that he placed the rod and screws....must be distrubing the nerves which travel to my pelvis and foot. I tried to get my ortho onc on the phone today to discuss this with him--but he was in surgery darn it. I hope he calls me tomorrow because I don't know if I dare finish rads or not? My hip joint really hurts. I just pray this goes away after rads?

Chelee

03-31-2010, 07:15 PM	#53
Chelee Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Southern, CA Posts: 2,511	Re: Chelee???? Rich, I believe that is the problem. I had pain in my foot and pelvic area prior to surgery. That pain was gone once I recovered. I had almost a 7 cm mass in my femur all the way at the top. My Ortho surgeon said he scrapped away alot of bone to get rid of that mass. Since I started rads I can't help but noticed the places I had pain prior to my surgery are now the same places that hurt since I started rads. So the rads is hitting that area that he placed the rod and screws....must be distrubing the nerves which travel to my pelvis and foot. I tried to get my ortho onc on the phone today to discuss this with him--but he was in surgery darn it. I hope he calls me tomorrow because I don't know if I dare finish rads or not? My hip joint really hurts. I just pray this goes away after rads? Chelee __________________ DX: 12-20-05 - Stage IIIA, Her2/Neu, 3+++,Er & Pr weakly positive, 5 of 16 pos nodes. Rt. MRM on 1-3-06 -- No Rads due to compromised lungs. Chemo started 2-7-06 -- TCH - - Finished 6-12-06 Finished yr of wkly herceptin 3-19-07 3-15-07 Lt side prophylactic simple mastectomy. -- Ooph 4-05-07 9-21-09 PET/CT "Recurrence" to Rt. axllia, Rt. femur, ilium. Possible Sacrum & liver? Now stage IV. 9-28-09 Loading dose of Herceptin & started Zometa 9-29-09 Power Port Placement 10-24-09 Mass 6.4 x 4.7 cm on Rt. femur head. 11-19-09 RT. Femur surgery - Rod placed 12-7-09 Navelbine added to Herceptin/Zometa. 3-23-10 Ten days of rads to RT femur. Completed. 4-05-10 Quit Navelbine--Herceptin/Zometa alone. 5-4-10 Appt. with Dr. Slamon to see what is next? Waiting on FISH results from femur biopsy. Results to FISH was unsuccessful--this happens less then 2% of the time. 7-7-10 Recurrence to RT axilla again. Back to UCLA for options.