[Mgarr]

Forgive me ahead of time I don't usually get like this but I am reading more & more here about swelling & joint problems.

I had alot of swelling after my Herceptin treatments & I drank lots of water to help alleviate, it started in my ankles and then I had pain in one of my calves. I mentioned it but the doc wasn't concerned because my MUGA's were good so I suffered. Fast forward to ending treatment I had a little relief in the calf then my hip started aching non stop went thru PT to no avail then had a MRI; there was a great deal of swelling but they were not sure what the problem was. I went thru numerous blood tests and other tests with orthopeds until they finally decided it was not an infection or cancer so I could have the hip replaced. While using a cane my left wrist and elbow were swellling (I wrote a post or two about having lymphadema.) It was not lymphadema (recommened to see a neurologist because it was probably caused by surgery) before I could see a neurologist every joint in my body tripled in size and I could barely move. Back to the docs finally to a rheumatologist who drained all the fluid testing it and determined I have an "inflammatory arthritis" - which he said is mostly hereditary. Now, there are health issues that run in our family and this is not one of them. I tell every medical professional that will listen this is a result of my treatment & everyone dismisses me!