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bejuce · 12-05-2011, 06:42 PM

Thank you so much, ladies!!! You're the best! I actually just finished my hour-long spinning class here at work and was able to do it. I did feel the pain when I was standing on the bike, but not when I was stretching it at the end of the class.

As my husband said, it could just be the weight gain and different center of mass I have been carrying since having 3 kids and going through treatment. I'm trying to exercise more to increase my metabolism, which seems even slower after Tamoxifen. My body could just be feeling the strain of it all.

I'm too much of a worrier so anything I feel makes me go online to search for answers. After being diagnosed the way I was, I'm much more conscientious about my body and about what odds/probabilities really mean. If there's a 10 % chance that it could be A, B, C, or D, it takes me a while before I convince myself that I'm in the clear. I was told I had a 1% chance of having breast cancer before being diagnosed...

I'll watch the pain for the next week or so and keep you posted. I have another cooking marathon coming up on Christmas, so let's see how it goes. And by cooking marathon I mean standing up all day in the kitchen cooking rather than eating

Although I did a fair amount of that as well!!

Thanks!!

Marcia

12-05-2011, 06:42 PM	#6
bejuce Senior Member Join Date: May 2009 Posts: 510	Re: Lower back pain - when to worry? Thank you so much, ladies!!! You're the best! I actually just finished my hour-long spinning class here at work and was able to do it. I did feel the pain when I was standing on the bike, but not when I was stretching it at the end of the class. As my husband said, it could just be the weight gain and different center of mass I have been carrying since having 3 kids and going through treatment. I'm trying to exercise more to increase my metabolism, which seems even slower after Tamoxifen. My body could just be feeling the strain of it all. I'm too much of a worrier so anything I feel makes me go online to search for answers. After being diagnosed the way I was, I'm much more conscientious about my body and about what odds/probabilities really mean. If there's a 10 % chance that it could be A, B, C, or D, it takes me a while before I convince myself that I'm in the clear. I was told I had a 1% chance of having breast cancer before being diagnosed... I'll watch the pain for the next week or so and keep you posted. I have another cooking marathon coming up on Christmas, so let's see how it goes. And by cooking marathon I mean standing up all day in the kitchen cooking rather than eating Although I did a fair amount of that as well!! Thanks!! Marcia __________________ ER+ (30%)/PR-/HER-2+, stage 3 Diagnosed on 02/18/09 at 38 with a huge 12x10 cm tumor, after a 6 month delay. Told I was too young and had no risk factors. Found swollen node during breastfeeding. March-August 09: neo-adjuvant chemo, part of a trial at Stanford (4 DD A/C, 4 Taxotere with daily Tykerb), loading dose of Herceptin 08/12/09 - bye bye boobies (bilateral mastectomy) 08/24/09 - path report shows 100 % success in breast tissue (no cancer there, yay!), 98 % success in lymphatic invasion, and even though 11/13 nodes were still positive, > 95 % of the tumor in them was killed. Hoping for the best! September-October 09: rads with daily Xeloda 02/25/10 - Cholecystectomy 05/27/10 - Bone scan clear 06/14/10 - CT scan clear, ovarian cyst found 07/27/10 - Done with Herceptin! 02/15/11 - MVA-BN HER-2 vaccine trial 03/15/11 - First CA 15-3: 12.7 and normal, yay! 10/01/11 - Bone scan and CT scan clear, fatty liver found now on Tamoxifen and Aspirin