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sassy · 05-26-2010, 06:51 PM

Many of us have experienced rib pain after surgery/radiation/chemo. I'm over five years out and I still have soreness and pain. Went through the bone scans etc. My most significant period of pain did reveal cracked ribs, but I had the pain prior and since.

Good to get it checked out, but know you are not the first to experience this. Hopefully its just another "gift" from his wonderful disease and its treatment.

BTW--has anyone told you that you look like Sally Field?

05-26-2010, 06:51 PM	#4
sassy Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Mountains of Virginia Posts: 2,267	Re: Pain/discomfort on radiated side (ribs?) when waking up Many of us have experienced rib pain after surgery/radiation/chemo. I'm over five years out and I still have soreness and pain. Went through the bone scans etc. My most significant period of pain did reveal cracked ribs, but I had the pain prior and since. Good to get it checked out, but know you are not the first to experience this. Hopefully its just another "gift" from his wonderful disease and its treatment. BTW--has anyone told you that you look like Sally Field? __________________ Rhonda (Sassy) dx age 45 DX 2/15/05 Stage IIb (at surgery)restaged IIIa Left mast .9cm tumor 5 of 14 nodes Triple Positive 4 DD A/C 12 Taxol/Herceptin 33Rads Strange infect mast site one year aft surg, hosp 1 wk Herceptin for total of 18 months Lupron Monthly 4 yrs Neurontin for aches, pains and hot flashes(It works!) Ovaries removed 11/09 stop Lupron and Neurontin Arimidex 6 yrs (tried Femara, no SE improvement) Tried Exemestane-hips got so bad could hardly walk Back to Arimidex for year seven Zometa 2X Annual for 7years, Lasix Stop Arimidex 5/13 Stop Zometa 7/13-Bi-lateral Stress Fractures in Femurs from Zometa 5/14 Start Tamoxifen 3/15 Stem cell transplant to stimulate femur bone growth/healing 5/15 Complete fracture of right femur/Titanium rods both femurs 9/16 Start Evista stopTamoxifen 3/17 Stop Evista--unwelcome side effects! NED and no meds....... 14YEARS NED!