De Quervains (Tendonitis of the Thumbs)

I go to an orthopedic hand surgeon who treats me for DeQuervains and trigger thumb in both thumbs. The left thumb started before cancer treatment so I don't think is a side effect. He does cortisone injections. My left thumb can now go a year w/o causing any problems so we're not going to move ahead with surgery. I expect my right thumb will do the same after getting injections approximately every 3 months for awhile.

I've had problems with trigger thumbs and near trigger fingers. I had a cortisone shot in my right thumb and a year later had surgery on the same hand. This was at years 2-3 after 6 months on arimidex and the rest on exemestane. I still have flares, but I think I went through a wave of SEs at that time that included rheumatoid-like arthritic joint pain and swelling. This has all settled down in years 3 - 4.75. I'm almost done with the 5 years and my SEs are very mild, not unlike a normal non-BC very healthy woman at 60.

Why has this all gotten better? Not an alleviation of stress, my job is worse now. I now take a calcium pill with magnesium and zinc, as well as flax seed oil for my eyes. I've also reduced gluten intake to almost zero. (I discovered I now have a wheat allergy and almost everything with gluten has wheat in it.) This has mellowed SEs remarkably.

i had an injection for it two months ago and then two weeks later had a second injection in my thumb joint for arthritis. The pain from the de Quervains resolved, but I still have some pain in the thumb joint. I went to a hand therapist and she made me a molded splint for general work and the results are amazing. I push the shopping cart with the splint plus haul my shopping bags with it on. I also use it while driving. What a positive difference.

My daughter had it as well andunfortunately, after two shots in each wrist ended up needing surgery. She is thrilled with the results. She had struggled with it for several months following the birth of her first born to the point she could not hold the baby. She had the first surgery when the baby was three months old and the second surgery two weeks later. She recently had a second baby and I asked her how she was feeling. Cradling her newborn, she looked at me and said she couldn’t imagine how she would have been doing had she not had the surgery....

Was on Letrozole for three years and Aromasin for one year and just had de Quervain surgery on Tuesday.

I had it in my left hand. i am on tamoxifen. i don't think it was a side effect, more likely from me starting to lift weights and using my left hand far more than usual. I needed surgery and haven't looked back since.

I'm hr neg and developed thumb tendonitis out of the blue several months after finishing treatments. My acupuncturist was able to treat it quickly and effectively--symptoms went to zero after just a few acupuncture visits.