Just wondering

[dixie46]

I am happy I have passed the five year mark on er/prpos non her breast cancer and will be passing the five year mark on another breast tumor that was diagonosed five months later er/pr neg and herpos.

Anyway since about six months ago so far I have no cartlidge in both knees, both with severe arthiritis, same with left hip, the acending thoracic aorta is dilated small but borderline for anurysm. Also an mri shows extreme osteo in lumbar area and bulging disc and bone spurs.

The just wondering is I am assuming most all of this is probably caused by age (66) and having been overweight most of my life.

I had five treatments of tch and on th herceptin for a year. I was just wondering if anyone being similar to me had any of these problems I am having.

I am doing my best to lose some weight and have an appointment with a nerosugeon to give me some answers on the back

The ortho doc refused to do any replacement because of my weight around 200 lbs.

Anyway mobility is terrible. I can only do maybe a couple of things like grocery shopping or maybe lunch in the same day and hurt most of the night. All pain meds they have or will give me make me ill for hours. I have tried tramadol and vicadin and just cannot tolerate either. I cannot put on socks for shoes and for right now life sucks.

Just trying to figure out if any of this may have come from treatment not that that will change a thing but it just seemed like a lot to happen pretty close together.

I have read off and on here since I was diagonosed and you all are the best. Your advise back them really helped me both thru surgury and treatment and thank you.