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dchips1 · 01-01-2013, 10:06 PM

oh my dear, please give your self the time to recover. You have been thru so much, do you still have drains in from your surgery? The chemo continues to work in your body, pain medication from surgery, all of these affect your energy level and strength. You need to rest, then while sitting try some pelvic and thigh muscle squeezes then relax, stretch your toes all the way out then all the way toward ceiling,take short frequent walks through out the day around your house. If you are unsteady, stand by a chair and do gentle marching, side to side leg movements. You can also do upper arm movements as well(check with surgeon first). big arm stretches and large inhale and exhale helps keep some muscle strong, shoulder/and neck rolls.

Give your self time to heal, baby steps, and every day it will will get better. Also make sure your potassium and magnesium, calcium levels are ok. Take care
Prayers for healing and a Blessed new year
Darita

01-01-2013, 10:06 PM	#2
dchips1 Senior Member Join Date: May 2006 Location: Mesa, Az Posts: 219	Re: Leg muscles aching oh my dear, please give your self the time to recover. You have been thru so much, do you still have drains in from your surgery? The chemo continues to work in your body, pain medication from surgery, all of these affect your energy level and strength. You need to rest, then while sitting try some pelvic and thigh muscle squeezes then relax, stretch your toes all the way out then all the way toward ceiling,take short frequent walks through out the day around your house. If you are unsteady, stand by a chair and do gentle marching, side to side leg movements. You can also do upper arm movements as well(check with surgeon first). big arm stretches and large inhale and exhale helps keep some muscle strong, shoulder/and neck rolls. Give your self time to heal, baby steps, and every day it will will get better. Also make sure your potassium and magnesium, calcium levels are ok. Take care Prayers for healing and a Blessed new year Darita __________________ dx 1/06 IDC 2cm 38 at dx 2/06 L mast nodes 3/9+ SNB neg ER-/Pr - her2 + Stg 4 liver/pelvis 3/06-9/06Taxol/Carbo/zometa/Herceptin 3/07 6 brain mets WBR down to c-2 4/07 osteonecrosis jaw 1/08 mri new 9mm lesion right lower side 2/08 gamma knife 1 lesion 11/08 regamma 10/09 latent rad necrosis to brain met, 1/20/10 crani: lesion necrosis w active cells continue her add tykerb 1/11 NED just Ingrown toenail! YEAH GOD 8/11 Tykerb, herceptin weekly, elevated her2 levels, negative scans oct -march 11 new neuro deficits lower legs 3/12 2 spinal metsTykerb, Herceptin 04/12 4050cGY rads T 2-4 & T7-9 5/12 Brain,cervical lumbar clear/thoracic slight decrease 10/12 t 2-4 shrunk t-9 grew start Xeloda, 02/13 stop xeloda,5/13 on metformin, decadron, Tykerb, iv and IT herceptin 5/30/13 total #11 #2 of 80mg dose weekly. 9/13 100mg of IT her, IV hern, 750 mg tykerb, 3mg dec. last Mri T--3 SHRUNK t7-9 shrunk no edema. Left shift in CBC bone marrow BX negative. 10/13 Ct has shown Double left ureters with stones/cysts in them, after 3 births and lots and U/S iit takes cancer to figure out you have 2 smaller ureters going into 1 kidney! 12/13 Mri brain no new lesions, cervical and lumbar arthritis. Tspine lesion at T3 stable, T 7-9 GROWTH lots of pain 1/29/14 HIHO HIHO its off to Neuro surgery I go Life is Good when you wake up in the morning and take a breath and know that God has given me another day.