Terrible Pain W/ My Radiation!

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NYruralrider
NYruralrider Member Posts: 41
edited June 2014 in Radiation Therapy - Before, During, and After

I have had 8 radiation treatments and am experiencing the most horrible shooting/stabbing pains that go through to my back...it is horrible I cannot do another 4.5 weeks of this!!!! I go daily..Mon.-Fri. I am not talking about skin pain put this is inside and unbearable...what the heck is going on? 

 I  told the onc 2 days ago and he did not say much. Tonight was the absolute worst stabbing/shooting pain yet.....Cry

CAN ANYONE tell me if this is not unusual to have this pain?

 NYruralrider

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  • Sherryc
    Sherryc Member Posts: 5,938
    edited September 2011

    You might want to stop treatment and go back and talk to your BS about a MX.  I only say that because I started having burning pains the very first day.  Everyone ignored me an said I could not feel anything from radiation until two weeks.  I ended up with permanant nerve damage and will be having a MX anyway to get rid of the pain.  For some reasons the RO's just overlook all this they are just interested in doing their plan.  But if you are in this much pain it sounds like nerve pain.  Go back and discuss this with your BS.  Of course the only way they will consider not doing rads is if you do a MX.  Waiting to do the MX after rads makes reconstruction much more difficult which is what I am dealing with now. Good Luck

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  • NYruralrider
    NYruralrider Member Posts: 41
    edited September 2011

    Hi,

     What is an RO??

     I talked w/ the nurse today...she said to document the pain and if it continues they will do an ultra sound. She also suggested I am doing too much physical labor as my last surgery was only 7/29. I told her I was released by the surgeon to resume full activity. I told her sitting around does not pay the bills!

    NYruralrider

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  • unlimited
    unlimited Member Posts: 327
    edited September 2011

    RO  =  Radiation Oncologist

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