What now - lower back, hip & shoulder pain

[vlcarr]

Before I ask my question I just wanted to remind everyone that I'm still recovering from pneumonia and came home from the hospital last Saturday. I missed my herceptin (every 3 weeks) so we are just going to add another one to the end.

Right before I went in the hospital I had been experiencing lower back pain for well over a week. I mentioned this but of course the pneumonia took precedence.

My lower back and hips were the first thing to start hurting and that's been going on for the past 2 weeks. When I spoke to my doctor about this at my follow up visit she told me to take 3 Aleve 3 times a day. She indicated she thought this was inflammation and could be caused from the Taxotere even though I had my last chemo the end of January. I mentioned that it reminded me of how my lower back hurt when I used to have periods before chemopause.

Well, yesterday my shoulders started hurting and it hurts when I raise my arms above my head. I messaged the doctor and the nurse called in a muscle relaxer and 800mg Mortin and I take each of these 3 times a day.

She also had me come in for lab work today because she wanted to check for myositis. I looked this up on the internet and basically got the opinion it's inflammation of the muscles.

Of course, no one called me today to give me my lab results although they were posted on my on line account by the time I got home. I had an e-mail message that they would call me in the am.

My question is has anyone experienced this type of pain. It even hurts when I get up from a chair and I feel like I'm about 80 years old limping along when I first get up. I wondered if this could be from the herceptin but I didn't get my last one.

Thanks so much.