ache/pain in legs

Melissa:  I also finished chemo a month ago....what chemo did you have?  I had just finished Taxol, and the pain in my legs, especially knees, and my hands and sometimes my back has been worse than while I was doing the tx.  I do believe it is not uncommon for us to have pain for a few weeks/months after tx.  Same thing with the numbness, although that is starting to subside for me. (except my arms constantly fall asleep at night).

I just take tylenol, it doesn't help much but it's all I can take; most women get something stronger from their docs.  Yesterday I thought I was dying, I had so much pain and fatigue, but today I feel pretty good.  Take it one day at a time, each day seems slightly different from the last.....and of course, call your doctor to discuss your worries! 

For two weeks I have had also leg pain and it is very mild pain and I don't know if it is from the running I did 2 weeks ago or still remain from the toxol. The pain was on and off and it was not there yesterday and today although I scheduled a meeting with my onc for tomorrow to ask what to do. 

FL Lady:  my blood counts stayed pretty good throughout chemo, so I don't know if that would be the problem or not....I never saw my blood work report the last 3 times, since they kept cancelling my chemo, and I forgot to ask for it.

Newalex:  NO!  They never tested it in 2004, I asked after I received the first path report, and they said they couldn't test it at that point.  They still wanted to put me on Tamoxifen, but I turned it down, since they didn't even know if it was er+

Melissa:  how are your aches doing today?  any better?  mine were better today, thank goodness, I had a very busy day/night.

Judy

I am wondering too when the Se will go away.  its just been a week since the last chemo.  Any feedbacks?

Revisiting this topic....

I'm now 11 wks out, and still get aches and pains all over.  When I get up from sitting, my legs hurt.....my hands are always stiff (can chemo cause arthritis?).....my knees hurt when I use the stairs.  None of the aches/pains are constant (except the stiff hands), and not severe enough for pain killers, but still annoying.  And now my arms keep falling asleep every night, and in the morning when I move them I get a burning/searing pain as the blood comes back....hurts like heck!!! (I just emailed my onc about that)

On a good note, my neuropathy has all but gone away, just get some tingling here and there, and the arm thing, which seems to be more of a circulation problem???

 I still have days when I am so tired.  It seems like I should be getting past all of this by now.  I mean, I do have good days where my energy level is better, and I get things done....then I have days at a time where I am too tired to do much.

I read posts from women here who seem to feel pretty good within a few weeks after chemo, or are walking/running long distances...and feel like I should be able to do that, too.  It's so frustrating to feel better, yet not feel better, you know?

Thanks for listening, I hate to gripe, but need to know I'm not alone in this.

Hugs

Judy

Hi Alex....It's been a while..hope all is well.  I just wanted to tell you that I think you may have sciatica.  I had that crazy pain years ago and It sounds just like what you are experiencing. The sciatic nerve is enormous...Runs from the butt down through the hip and leg.  It really hurt like crazy at night when I tried to sleep,  There are a lot of butt squeezing exercises that help alleviate the annoying pain.  It goes away with time but often comes back when you are run down due to a virus or stress.  It takes a while for the chemo to wear off...These odd things are common.  I was dx with shingles about 2-years after treatment...crazy.....