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Becky · 01-04-2010, 07:05 PM

Hi Liz

Your MRI clearly shows that you have degenerative disease (cysts etc). I would go to an orthopedic guy and see what they recommend for recovery/physical therapy. You sound just like my mom (also a bc survivor) who had every test in the world (including a PET/CT) and it was bursitis and arthiritis in the hip. She is almost 80 (and very overweight) but slow walking helps her and some physical therapy. They threw the "testing book" at her when her symptoms began (about 6 months after Arimidex started) since she was less than 2 yrs out at that time and everyone (including me) thought it might be a recurrence to the bone - but it wasn't. You do need to get to the bottom of it though so you can get into a phys therapy program that will work for you.

01-04-2010, 07:05 PM	#5
Becky Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Stockton, NJ Posts: 4,179	Re: Continued hip pain and MRI results. Hi Liz Your MRI clearly shows that you have degenerative disease (cysts etc). I would go to an orthopedic guy and see what they recommend for recovery/physical therapy. You sound just like my mom (also a bc survivor) who had every test in the world (including a PET/CT) and it was bursitis and arthiritis in the hip. She is almost 80 (and very overweight) but slow walking helps her and some physical therapy. They threw the "testing book" at her when her symptoms began (about 6 months after Arimidex started) since she was less than 2 yrs out at that time and everyone (including me) thought it might be a recurrence to the bone - but it wasn't. You do need to get to the bottom of it though so you can get into a phys therapy program that will work for you. __________________ Kind regards Becky Found lump via BSE Diagnosed 8/04 at age 45 1.9cm tumor, ER+PR-, Her2 3+(rt side) 2 micromets to sentinel node Stage 2A left 3mm DCIS - low grade ER+PR+Her2 neg lumpectomies 9/7/04 4DD AC followed by 4 DD taxol Used Leukine instead of Neulasta 35 rads on right side only 4/05 started Tamoxifen Started Herceptin 4 months after last Taxol due to trial results and 2005 ASCO meeting & recommendations Oophorectomy 8/05 Started Arimidex 9/05 Finished Herceptin (16 months) 9/06 Arimidex Only Prolia every 6 months for osteopenia NED 18 years! Said Christopher Robin to Pooh: "You must remember this: You're braver than you believe and stronger than you seem and smarter than you think"