Bone Pain

Lj061197

I got done with Chemo for tripple positive breast cancer 3 months ago, still alot of joint pain. How l9ng does this last?

Thank you

Jenwith4kids

Are you taking tamoxifen or an AI? I know an AI can cause joint pain and stiffness. Everyone responds differently. I've been on Femara now for about 18 months, I don't know when the discomfort disappeared, but it definitely did. Hang in there - it gets better. I promise.

Jacklin

Another thought: did you take neulasta or neupogen? That can also cause the bone pain....

Lj061197

Thank you for responding. I am getting Lupron shots, I start ameridex tomorrow and yes I was given neulasta

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Artista928

When I was getting Neulasta shots on AC, I took a Claritin (not D) with aTylenol so I never got the bone pain se. Maybe try this and see if it helps.

Korky482

Please make sure to get a bone scan done just in case. I don't want to add to your worries or to stress you even more. But my 62yr old mother, had removal surgery for breast cancer, then went through chemo and radiation over the past year. She has been to doctor's every week since these were done. The surgery, supposedly got all the cancer, but chemo/radiation were all a follow up, "just in case treatments to be sure." They been saying she still had no signs of cancer. Until just over a month ago she was having so much pain in her joints. They kept saying it was all just after effects of treatments.and kept just giving hydros. Finally on the 3-9, which was 1 day following her 62nd birthday, it got bad enough that they ordered a bone scan. Bone cancer. 2 days following, we had to take her to hospital for 2 days. Looked like pneumonia. When she went back yesterday, she now has spots on lungs and liver as well. A week ago she was up walking/moving around, now hurts to even open her eyelids, can't walk or really move. In past 4 days she went from being 62 to looking 82. So please bring it up to your doctor's. It is probably not the same as what is happening to you. I pray for you and hope it is. I just want you to be safe and catch anything before it gets worse. I don't know how she was in such observation, and this developed after her treatments. Instantly out of nowhere.

Lj061197

I am so sorry for your mom's situation. I recently had an xray nd bone density test. Everything is oaky. Thank you i will keep an eye on it, we can't be too careful.

Korky482

mom died that night. Drs said had no idea why. Like i said before, 11/2014 moms started breast cancer. Had a knot so they removed it. Then for some reason followed up with chemo/radiation focused wher it was removed. Which both cause cancer and kill the immune system so can't fight it if it stars elsewhere. Radiation ended she had a food blockage in throat which they had to push down and streach esophagus in 10/2015. Said radiation related. The was at Dr each week for observation told no sign of cancer clear up until 3/9/2016. The day after turning 62. Was having alot of pain.was told after effects of radiation. Been giving hydros that barely helped. On the 9th, bone scan showed bone cancer. Given morphine pills.3/11/2016, went to er, breathing problems. Said likely pneumonia. Released on 3/13 with nebulizer. 3/14 back to Dr. Said small spots on 1 lung and small ones on liver. Set appointments for biopsies to determine treatments. But on 3/17, er. Had same food blockage again, they done the same outpatient procedure to push it down like in Oct. When they brought her out of anesthia, they don't know what went wrong or why they could only bring her partway back out of it. So they put her back under and put in drug induced coma after restraining her to the bed cause she tried pulling tube out. Called us to come there. Said wanted to keep her in that state till next day, and pull out breathing machine tube. If breathing on her own, they would try waking her again if not said they would shut off life support machine. Told us to go home and rest she would be there in the coma till tomorrow so nothing we could do there. We got called in middle of the night. She tried waking up on her own but said she was trying to pull tube out again ( while tied down to bed), so they shot her up once again to put her back to sleep!!!???!!!!? Again???!! She died 6 minutes later. We weren't there for her.

Korky482

• Be sure to keep on top of it. I hope u all the best.