Username:    Password:      Remember me       

Cancer Forums

A website for discussions about any type of cancer, including lung cancer, breast cancer, mesothelioma, prostate cancer, laryngeal cancer, leukemia, lymphoma, multiple myeloma and others

SearchSearch   DigestsEmail Digests     Register to postRegister to post   ProfileProfile   Check private messagesCheck private messages   Log inLog in 
Joint pain weeks after end of radiation therapy and chemo What is this ?

 
Post new topic   Reply to topic    Cancer Forums Forum Index -> Cancer Pain


Author
KittyKat
New User


Joined: 29 Oct 2009
Posts: 1
Location: Canada
PostPosted: Thu Oct 29, 2009 10:39 pm    Post subject: Joint pain weeks after end of radiation therapy and chemo Reply with quote
After being diagnosed with cervical cancer in February 2009, I went through 33 radiation treatments and 6 chemo (ciplastine). I went through the fatigue, digestive trouble and all of that wonderful stuff. But about 6 weeks after the end of these treatments, I suddenly faced daily pain in my joints. At first it was mainly in the hips, but now I feel it daily primarily in my hands and knees.
When I contacted the pivot nurse in the oncology department to ask about this, she said that yes, at my age (early 40s) is when arthritis often begins. I refuse to believe at this point that everything my body has been put through in the past 6 months is not the cause of this sudden onset of painful joints.
Has anyone else out there been through this or am I just losing my mind (and flexibility)?
Thanks!
Back to top
jcondit
Regular


Joined: 01 Oct 2009
Posts: 18
PostPosted: Fri Oct 30, 2009 8:57 am    Post subject: Re: Joint pain weeks after end of radiation therapy and chemo Reply with quote
I too have had painful joint/bone pain after radiation and now during chemotherapy. I'm on different chemo than you are but the symptoms sound the same. I was overly frustrated with my doctors because they couldn't pin point chemo (or anything else) as the cause. I had a bone scan done to eliminate the possibility of bone cancer and arthritis. All came up negative. I am close to ending my chemo treatments (3 more) but the joint/bone pain gets more and more severe. Primarily it is in the hips and shoulder areas. I have considered talking to a rheumatoid arthritis doctor but it seems obvious the chemo is doing it. My oncologist has prescribed 30mg of morphine and 5-500 of hydrocodone to alievate the pain. That is like using a cup of water to put out a house fire.
_________________
1/15/09 - Colonscopy Biopsy Revealed Stage III Colon Cancer
1/26/09 - FOLFOX regimen - 5-FU (5 Flurouracil), leucovorin, oxaliplatin, avastin
5/5/09 - Removal of Stage IIIC Colon Cancer Tumor & Permanent Colostomy. 13 lymph nodes removed 12 positive for cancer.
8/6/09 - Started 6 weeks of radiation w/5-FU pump
9/21/09 - FOLFOX regimen - 5-FU, leucovorin & oxaliplatin.
10/12/09 - FOLFIRI regimen - 5-FU, leucovorin & irinotecan.

Age Diagnosed 34. Current Age: 35
Back to top


Display posts from previous:   
Post new topic   Reply to topic    Cancer Forums Forum Index -> Cancer Pain All times are GMT - 5 Hours
Page 1 of 1

 
Jump to:  
You cannot post new topics in this forum
You cannot reply to topics in this forum
You cannot edit your posts in this forum
You cannot delete your posts in this forum
You cannot vote in polls in this forum



About
E-mail webmaster
Terms, conditions and privacy policy		 We subscribe to the HONcode principles of the HON Foundation. Click to verify. We subscribe to the HONcode principles. Verify here. All content and posts are copyright.
Powered by phpBB © 2001, 2002 phpBB Group

Anti Bot Question MOD - phpBB MOD against Spam Bots
Blocked registrations: 21554