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v-ness · 01-09-2010, 11:00 PM

hi liz - i remember the pain taking several weeks to subside and i know i went to the doctor about it, it bothered me so much. this was a number of years ago so i am foggy on anything else, like what i might have taken for pain. perhaps 600 mg Motrin - that usually helps me (although it hasn't helped this back thing). the funny thing is, when my back improved a bit this week, the first thing i did was go to the gym and walk and do some yoga - but just cat & cow pose and child's pose. gentle for the back. i learned my lesson!

when i got gingerly out of my chemo chair on thursday the nurse asked me what was the matter and i just brushed it off. she said if it lasts 2 wks to mention it to the onco. i guess that might be a standard thing? i don't know. i am new to all this even at 5 months.

i hope your hip problems are relenting!

p.s. flori - i once had that sort of pain in the knee you are describing, like you'd slammed it into a pointy table. it turned out i had patellar chondromalacia and a loose bone chip in there under the knee cap which can cause some amazingly sharp pain. it was from running, which i can no longer do.

valerie

01-09-2010, 11:00 PM	#18
v-ness Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: western ma Posts: 280	Re: Continued hip pain and MRI results. hi liz - i remember the pain taking several weeks to subside and i know i went to the doctor about it, it bothered me so much. this was a number of years ago so i am foggy on anything else, like what i might have taken for pain. perhaps 600 mg Motrin - that usually helps me (although it hasn't helped this back thing). the funny thing is, when my back improved a bit this week, the first thing i did was go to the gym and walk and do some yoga - but just cat & cow pose and child's pose. gentle for the back. i learned my lesson! when i got gingerly out of my chemo chair on thursday the nurse asked me what was the matter and i just brushed it off. she said if it lasts 2 wks to mention it to the onco. i guess that might be a standard thing? i don't know. i am new to all this even at 5 months. i hope your hip problems are relenting! p.s. flori - i once had that sort of pain in the knee you are describing, like you'd slammed it into a pointy table. it turned out i had patellar chondromalacia and a loose bone chip in there under the knee cap which can cause some amazingly sharp pain. it was from running, which i can no longer do. valerie __________________ 8/09 - IDC 1.8 cm triple positive, lumpectomy left breast 10/09 began chemo (taxotere & carboplatin) and weekly herceptin. 1/21/10 finished chemo, continued on herceptin every 3 weeks until 10/2010. 2/10 began 7 wks of radiation 6/10 mom dies of primary peritoneal ovarian cancer 8/10 got my last remaining ovary out 10/10 mammogram all clear 3/11 MRI shows 5 'spots' in right breast, largest 1 cm unidentifiable on US needle biopsy proved the largest to be old inflamed cyst -phew! 7/10 switched to Arimidex 8/9 switched to Femara - allergic to arimidex Femara made me lose hair quickly so switched to Aromasin Aromasin made my hair fall out too and the bone pain was too much. back on Tamoxifen 1/2013. blood clot from trains and planes 5/2014 so on coumadin per onco for as long as i am on tamoxifen tamoxifen was supposed to be up with my 5 yrs in may but my boyfriend was diagnosed with stage 4 colon cancer so i am staying on tamoxifen indefinitely because i want some ammo against BC, given the stress. lost my husband in only 10 wks in 2007 to stage 4 esophageal cancer. cancer's screwing with another man i love 2/2016 - 6yrs in remission, off tamoxifen and off coumadin - yay!