All Down Hill

I'm not in the same boat, FJH, but I can appreciate how upset and pissed off it could make you after not only dealing with bc, but then getting socked with yet another health problem. It doesn't seem fair, does it? I've had one diagnosis after another since I was 17 years old, so the bc was yet another thing that tried to knock me down (and didn't!). Try to assume that this will be it and it will just be uphill from now on. It's just as likely as the negative scenario, right?

 ~Marin

hi

my mom had heart diease before bc but after got diabetes and low b12. 

Until my BC diagnosis, I have been relatively healthy. Just a cold here or there.  Just had a complete physical less than two years ago and everything was all good.  Since the BC, my system must be somewhat compromised because I keep getting viruses, etc.  Am now struggling with Endometrial Hyperplasia with the onc encouraging a hysterectomy/oophrectomy.  I don't know, is it just age-related crap? 

Years ago, for my mom's 50th bd I gave her a magnet that said "After 50, it's just patch, patch, patch."  During my 50th year I got the BC and EH so I told her I think that I need that magnet back!  I wouldn't be at all surprised if it shows up in my mail at any time.

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Yep..I have hypothyroidism which I did NOT have before chemo.

Chemo also brought out pains in my back. I did have herniated disks with no symptoms in my lower back and neck. Since chemo, I have had to have bone scans to check out the new pains I keep getting that all end up related to these disks. It could be coincidence but still..only after chemo did I begin to suffer. NEVER had a pain in my life before this!

Yes, I know what you mean. I have psoriatic arthritis, which was diagnosed just a few months before my BC, but now seems barely controlled. One medication I was on has quit working, so I was switched to a new medication, an injection of Humira that comes Fed Ex and has to be refrigerated. Thank goodness my b/f knows how to give shots so I don't have to give them to myself. It really can be discouraging. But my symptoms are mostly under control now, though I still suffer from joint swelling. My fitness routine has gone to the dogs, so to speak. I was thinking tonight, as I went for a short walk and got tired, that I was in better shape when I was in chemo treatments! That's pretty sad. And, I also have osteopenia, close to osteoporosis, so I have to take meds for that (and be careful not to slip and fall and break my hip). I'm only 44 for god's sake.

Add to that the breakout of exzema on my fingers which has caused painful splits and cuts that hurt so much. My fingers are covered with bandages now to make life bearable.

Ahhh, BC, the gift that keeps on giving.