defective primary treatment & now hip/leg pain

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emmahandy
emmahandy Member Posts: 5
edited June 2014 in Not Diagnosed With a Recurrence or Metastases but Concerned

During my chemotherapy, I took traditional birth control pills because the large university hospital said it was okay.  I only went through about 1/2 of RT because I was sick with a bone infection (osteomyelitis) in my tibia.  That was 2007.  I changed to a different oncologist in 2007 for survival care.

The second (and current) oncologist prescribed Tamoxifen.  But I was taking 90 mg of Cymbalta throughout the entire 5 years.  

Now I have horrible hip and leg pain.  I attributed the pain to osteomyelitis.  I never thought any of the above was relevant.  Is it relevant?  Should the second oncologist know?  Or should I just accept that I am "cured."  

My biggest fear is being called a hypochondriac.

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  • Leah_S
    Leah_S Member Posts: 8,458
    edited January 2014

    Emma, your current onc should know your entire med history connected to your BC tx, including whatever meds (in your case birth control pills) taken during chemo and osteomyelitis that shortened your rads tx. If you're having pain now in your hip and leg, tell your onc. 

    You're not being a hypochondriac. You had cancer and now you need followup care. Part of that is telling your onc about new symptoms, including the pain.

    Best of luck.

    Leah

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  • emmahandy
    emmahandy Member Posts: 5
    edited January 2014

    Thank you, Leah.  I feel better.  Have you ever had pain in the contra-lateral (opposite) breast.  No pain in my "bad breast" but beyond tenderness and pain in "good breast."  Will the onc office think I am just paranoid if I mention that?

    I am scared because when I had osteomyelitis (bone infection) in my leg post chemo, I was in tremendous pain and one doctor said I was "drug seeking."  I was diagnosed and then it took almost 2 years to find a doc who eradicated the infection in my leg.  I just struggled with the pain.  Now I am afraid of doctors not believing me.

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