Hip Pain

Rachel1
Rachel1 Member Posts: 363
edited April 2015 in Stage III Breast Cancer

My left hip seriously hurts. I hurt my lower back in December when I tweaked it in the car. I started seeing a chiropractor who did this adjustment to my mid back and injured my ribs on the left side (same as the hip). The hip slowly improved and I reinjured my ribs again in the car this time twisting.It was two months of trying to heal the ribs which are now fine. My hip felt great for a while, ironically while my ribs were painful. My ribs are now healed and my hip is bothering me. I've been on tamoxifen for two yrs. and arimidex for 2 yrs. I had labs and tumor makers done at the time of my hip injury. They were fine. I am beyond scared to phone the onc. I mean the fear and depression is debilitating -- I mean to the point where I think it's not normal. And, yes I'm seeing a therapist and I'm on xanax and attivan. I just can't handle this, you know. It's all too much. Rachel

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  • Obxflygirl1
    Obxflygirl1 Member Posts: 377
    edited April 2015

    I just wanted to reply . Not sure how old you are, but my hip was hurting off and on and I called Onc. A bone scan showed inflammation. A trip to orthopedic doc and it was confirmed bursitis. Cordizoneshots help

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  • Rachel1
    Rachel1 Member Posts: 363
    edited April 2015

    I'm 55. My husband says old enough for normal aches and pains to show up plus i got off of a 29 hr. trip with ten days on a rock hard bed. But I don't think there is such a thing as normal aches and pains anymore.

    R

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  • angelia50
    angelia50 Member Posts: 381
    edited April 2015

    Rachel, I totally understand how you feel. My right hip has hurt off and on for a while now.Then, it will move to my leg and my hip will feel ok. I have had knee replacement on that right knee, and have been stiff for long before my breast cancer but every time i feel anything as far as a pain, I just know its in my bones. Last October, we went to Florida and my hip was hurting that night until I literally cried. I felt it was possibly the Arimidex, so didn't take if for that week and after only a day, hip quit hurting. The past week, my leg has hurt if I walked very much and Saturday, it was so bad, I could barely walk. Today, I decided as an experiment, not to take my Arimidex and it has been much better. I go to oncologist next week, so I will let her know. I won't stop taking it, but will see how it is in the morning. I figure if pain has stopped, hopefully, its not mets to bones but the Arimidex.

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  • Rachel1
    Rachel1 Member Posts: 363
    edited April 2015

    thanks Angelia50. Do you think you'll try to switch to something other tha arimidex? Maybe I'll experiment and not take arimidex for a day or two. This really, really stinks and I'm so tired of being afraid.

    R

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  • slv58
    slv58 Member Posts: 1,216
    edited April 2015

    Rachel1, please let your mo know so that she can rule out everything. I totally understand how you feel as I was in the same situation. I've had a lot of aches and pains since chemo and started to get intramuscular predisone shots, this has helped a lot- except for my hip. It's very painful all the time but it started after a trip to mexico where I was walking a lot. I got back and had a shot hoping it would alleviate the pain. It did nothing, so I waited the recommended 2 weeks and then called my mo. She did a complete metastatic work up and gratefully there was no evidence of disease! Apparently it is oestioarthritis and she recommended my rheumatologist look after this. I have just gotten an intramuscular shot in the hip but have not gotten relief. On researching this, I found that chemo can sometimes cause 'avascular necrosis' so I'm starting to wonder if this is the cause of my pain. Here is an article I came across

    http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-1077390/No-told-breast-cancer-treatment-leave-needing-new-hips.html

    It's important to follow up with new aches/pains that are unexplained and last more than 2 weeks- the worry you are going through could very well be explained with something less fearful. Please keep us posted, hugs, Shari

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  • angelia50
    angelia50 Member Posts: 381
    edited April 2015

    Rachel1, I will definately try something else if I can determine its the Arimidex. Yesterday, it didn't hurt as much and as I said, it was in my hip, now seems more in my leg, today, seems my calf is hurting. On the positive side, I dont' think its my replacement coming lose because if so, it would continue to hurt. I take name brand, so I know its not the generic fillers. I totally agree, the being afraid to ask and afraid not to ask, is scary. I didn't have a PET scan after surgery because she felt it was not necessary. Its one of those things that I would like to have a clear one to know its clear but would be scared to have one for fear it would show something. One lady on here had a good point, that PET scans show so many false positives, that it becomes a game of wack a mole by the time they check out every little dot. I'm sure I don't get enough exercise and many ladies say that really helps. Seems about the time I decide I'll go to the gym, it starts hurting. But, as I said, I've had problems with stiffness long before any of this. I had a bad parathyroid in 2008 and I had gotten to the point I could barely walk. I also admit, I haven't been faithful in taking the calcium, so hopefully, its just a combination of not exercising and not taking the calcium.

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