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pain in hip
Ok, I have read alot on this site about joint pain/ stiffness after chemo and with herceptin. I started with pain ON my hip/pelvic bone about a week ago. I don't remember doing anything to injure it, but do remember a little stiffness prior to the pain. It is a wierd pain- it's not in the "mechanics" of the hip, meaning I can use it without pain, it just feels like a giant massive bruise on the pelvic bone that sticks out. I can press on it and feel exactly where it hurts. It has gotton progressively worse over the last couple of days. I saw my onc yesterday and he wasn't sure if it was herceptin/chemo related or not. If the pain is still there in 3 weeks at my next visit, he will scan me. Has anyone else had this? The only thing that is making me feel better is that I generally hurt all over (but it comes and goes) and that that might be a sign of aches from meds. Of course I am really worried and its hard to focus on anything else right now. I so look forward to the day when the "hurts" go away and I feel like myself again....
Kelly
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dx'd 05/06, 37 years old
er/pr-, Her2+, grade 3
double mastectomy, immediate reconstruction- implants
Stage 2b, 2 tumors- 2.2 cm and 0.6 cm, 3/5 + nodes
all scans clear
genetic testing- negative
06/06 began dd A/C x 4, 12 weekly Taxols w/ Herceptin
30 rads
Herceptin weekly x 1 year
Herceptin completed 08/07
Port removed 12/26/07 MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!!!!
05/17/08 Two year anniversary NED
"We gain strength, courage, and confidence by each experience in which we really stop to look fear in the face... you must do the thing that you think you cannot do."
-Eleanor Roosevelt
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