I had that feeling for about 2 days after my first 4mg dose of Herceptin. I have 2 liver mets around 2cm each. I still have pain in the area, but it's minor compaired to that first dose of Herceptin. I called my onc the next morning, and told him about how I couldn't hardly talk without sqencing in pain. Everytime I went to take a breath while in the middle of a sentence, I had to inhale slowly. I finally took a pain pill and it wasn't enough. Then I took another one, which he said I could do, and it knocked me out for like 13 hours. I slept from like 7pm till about 8am the next morning. I managed to go to work, and I was pale as a ghost. I could barely turn my body. After the next night, I took 2 more pain pills, slept another probably 12 hours, and woke up feeling MUCH better. I was scared to death that would happen on my next treatment, but it wasn't near as bad. I still had some soreness, but it was managable. My Onc thinks it's a good sign. He says over the years he has heard so many stories of this exact thing, and finds out that the tumors shrinking caused the pain. If the pain had continued, he would have been more concerned that it was the tumor itself. But since the pain subsided over the course of the 3 days after the treatment, he felt like it was something to feel positive about. The jury is out till March, but I think he's right. I get achy in my liver area right after treatments still. I have been off treatment for a week now, and I feel pretty darn good. Thursday I will go in and Friday and Saturday will be days I will hurt in my tumor spots. At times, I am shocked that I had nothing showing in my ribs, cause it felt like I had cracked a rib right by my liver or something. I find it suprising that cell death can be a painful thing. But I guess if bruises hurt, why can't an area of dead cells in your liver hurt? If it's trying to repair, it makes some sense. But then, why do some people have no feeling and others have a lot?
I was always very sensitive to stuff. I thought about my breast cancer and realized I had probably been feeling the DCIS for about 3 years prior to my diagnosis. I just thought my left boob was being smashed too much in my bras since it was bigger... I should have known better! Family history sucks.
If this means necrosis, BRING IT ON! :-) I hope that's what's happening for you too.
Last edited by julierene; 02-07-2006 at 08:41 PM..
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