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Shawn;
Have you discussed your dizziness and aches with your oncologist? If you have any symptoms which last a couple of weeks he/she would want to know about them. Are you getting enough protein? Start a new thread about this and bring in others to the conversation. Just cut and paste your original comments or this last one and start a new thread. Many on this site and very knowledgeable about nutrition and the effects on our bodies from the chemo and radiation. Also, many of us ache. There are so many nerve endings which have been cut and need to heal. This process goes on a very long time. We must ask some long term survivors if they still ache or if it ever totally heals. You are obviously used to having a well oiled machine of a body. Perhaps you are pushing yourself too much in an attempt to get back into physical shape again. Don't lose hope. Search out Gina's posts online. She is also ER/PR- and was diagnosed in her early 30's. Although she had mets she has totally controlled her disease for the past 6 years I believe by using herceptin, supplements, diet and monitoring her tumor markers. If her markers start rising indicating active disease she gets a booster of herceptin to knock them down. I am very much over simplifying here but she has taken control of her disease and empowered herself. Others on the site have done the same thing using means that work for them. Read posts by Lani, RB, Rhonda on diet and many others. Take heart and don't lose hope. We are all here for you.
Cathy
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